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SPRITELY
Definition of SPRITELY
adjective
Of or relating to a sprite.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
SPRITELY carries 2 further meanings.
adjective
Sprightly
adverb
In a manner reminiscent of a sprite.
Where it comes from
From sprite + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
SPRITELY in a sentence
“It never felt lacking, and could even be described as "spritely" at times, especially when you dig your spurs in and the VTEC comes on.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPRITELY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 107 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPRITELY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EILPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start SPRITE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found SPRITELY?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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