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SPOONERISM
Definition of SPOONERISM
noun
A play on words on a phrase in which the initial (usually consonantal) sounds of two or more of the main words are transposed.
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Where it comes from
From Spooner + -ism, named after Oxford don Reverend W. A. Spooner (1844–1930), who is supposed to have habitually made such slip-ups.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, SPOONERISM · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPOONERISM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPOONERISM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EIMNOOPRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SPOONE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPOONERISM?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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