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SPOUSALS

8 letters

Definition of SPOUSALS

noun

plural of spousal

SPOUSAL

adjective

of or relating to marriage

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Word DNA

SPOUSALS inherits its ancestry from its root, SPOUSE.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Latin
  3. Old French
  4. Anglo-Norman
  5. Middle English
  6. English

5 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.2%

of traced words share this origin (12,066)

How it is built

noun

Same root, SPOUSE · 4 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Old English.

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

SPOUSALS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 171
Its one board, across 171 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
162
First board
9
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

cathyjl

on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SPOUSALS
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

SPOUSALS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ALOPSSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Words that start SPOUSA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SPOUSALSPOUSAGESPOUSAGESSPOUSALLY

Could you have found SPOUSALS?

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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