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SPORRANS

8 letters

Definition of SPORRANS

noun

plural of sporran

SPORRAN

noun

A small pouch, usually made of either fur or plain or fur-trimmed leather, which is worn, suspended from a belt or chain, on the front of a kilt and used to hold various items normally carried in trouser pockets.

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Word DNA

SPORRANS inherits its ancestry from its root, SPORRAN.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. Latin
  3. Irish
  4. Scottish Gaelic
  5. English

4 recorded generations before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

3rd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.4%

of traced words share this origin (10,302)

Hellenic

branch · 12.4% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, SPORRAN · 1 relative in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

SPORRANS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 168
Its one board, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
140
First board
28
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.

First ever to find it

daphna

on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SPORRANS
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

SPORRANS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ANOPRRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and R appear more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start SPORRA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found SPORRANS?

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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.

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