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SPUMESCENT
Definition of SPUMESCENT
adjective
Resembling froth or foam; foaming.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin spumescens, p.pr. of spumescere (“to grow foamy”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,234)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
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.
SPUMESCENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 172, 8 November 2026.
Built from these letters
SPUMESCENT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CEEMNPSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and E appear more than once.
Could you have found SPUMESCENT?
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 172 - and most players walked straight past it.
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