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SPRAWL
Definition of SPRAWL
verb
To sit with the limbs spread out.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English spraulen, from Old English spreawlian (“move convulsively”), ultimately through a Proto-Germanic form cognate with *spreutaną (“to sprout”) from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to strew”). Compare North Frisian spraweli, Norwegian sprala, Swedish sprala.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (11,700)
How it is built
Same root, SPRAWL · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Norwegian, 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.
SPRAWL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SPRAWL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ALPRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPRAWL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found SPRAWL?
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