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SPURREYS
Definition of SPURREYS
noun
plural of spurrey
SPURRY · via spurrey
noun
Any of several European annual herbs of the genus Spergula.
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Word DNA
SPURREYS inherits its ancestry from its root, SPURRY.
Line of descent
- Old French
- Dutch
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,496)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SPURRY · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German, Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPURREYS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 172, 8 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPURREYS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EPRRSSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and R appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SPURRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPURREYS?
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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