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SPRINGALD
Definition of SPRINGALD
noun
A young man, a stripling, a youth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Apparently from spring, with an uncertain final element.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPRINGALD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 29 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPRINGALD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADGILNPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPRING
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPRINGALD?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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