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SPURGE
Definition of SPURGE
noun
Any plant of the genus Euphorbia, a diverse genus of over 2,000 species.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English spurge, from Old French espurge, from espurgier (“to purge”), from Latin expurgo (“to purge”); the bitter milky sap of these plants was formerly used as a purgative.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPURGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
SPURGE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EGPRSU - 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 SPURGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found SPURGE?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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