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SPOONED
Definition of SPOONED
verb
simple past and past participle of spoon
noun
An implement for eating or serving; a scooped utensil whose long handle is straight, in contrast to a ladle.
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Word DNA
SPOONED inherits its ancestry from its root, SPOON.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,595)
How it is built
Same root, SPOON · 13 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Dutch, Latin, Norwegian, Scots, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPOONED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SPOONED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DENOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SPOONE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found SPOONED?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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