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SPRINTS
Definition of SPRINTS
noun
plural of sprint
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Word DNA
SPRINTS inherits its ancestry from its root, SPRINT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,585)
How it is built
Same root, SPRINT · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Icelandic, 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.
SPRINTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPRINTS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read INPRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start SPRINT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPRINTS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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