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SPOONBILL
Definition of SPOONBILL
noun
Any of various large, long-legged wading birds of the genus Platalea, in the ibis family Threskiornithidae, that have a large, flat, spatulate bill.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From spoon + bill, owing to the shape of the animal's beak.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPOONBILL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPOONBILL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read BILLNOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SPOONB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPOONBILL?
OUTLIER is a daily word game. One grid, the same grid for everybody, and the words nobody else spots are the ones that pay. This word was on Day 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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