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SPORULATING
Definition of SPORULATING
verb
present participle and gerund of sporulate
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Word DNA
SPORULATING inherits its ancestry from its root, SPORULATE.
How it is built
Same root, SPORULATE · 2 relatives 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.
SPORULATING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPORULATING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AGILNOPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPORULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found SPORULATING?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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