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SPURRIEST
Definition of SPURRIEST
Wiktionary has no entry for SPURRIEST itself. This is its base word, SPURRY.
noun
Any of several European annual herbs of the genus Spergula.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for SPURRY.
Dutch or Old French spurrie; compare German Spergel, New Latin spergula.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (2,514)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
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.
SPURRIEST 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 37 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
SPURRIEST starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EIPRRSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and R appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start SPURRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPURRIEST?
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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