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SPRAYER

/ˈspɹeɪɚ/7 letters

Definition of SPRAYER

noun

An object or device used to spray a liquid. Synonym of spray bottle. A device, machine or vehicle used for large-area spraying, as for irrigation, weed killers, fertilizers, insecticides, or in manufacturing and production line processes.

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Where it comes from

From spray + -er.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun1 syllablecompound-er

Same root, SPRAY · 3 relatives in the game

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.

SPRAYER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 154
Its one board, across 154 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
152
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

nuthatch

on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

SPRAYER
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

PRAYERSRESPRAY

Words that start SPRAYE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

SPRAYEDSPRAYEYSPRAYERS

Could you have found SPRAYER?

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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.

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