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SPRINKLED
Definition of SPRINKLED
verb
simple past and past participle of sprinkle
verb
To cause (a substance) to fall in fine drops (for a liquid substance) or small pieces (for a solid substance).
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Word DNA
SPRINKLED inherits its ancestry from its root, SPRINKLE.
Line of descent
- Middle Dutch
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (453)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SPRINKLE · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPRINKLED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
SPRINKLED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEIKLNPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPRINK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
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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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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