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SPURTLE
Definition of SPURTLE
noun
Either of two Scottish kitchen implements made of wood: a flat one for turning oatcakes, or a stick for stirring porridge.
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Other senses
SPURTLE carries 4 further meanings.
To shoot in a scattering manner; spurt.
noun
A stick used for stirring.
transitive verb
To spurt or shoot in a scattering manner.
verb
To spurt, spatter or sputter
Where it comes from
From Scots spurtle, spurtill (“potstick, spatula”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps an alteration of Middle English spatyl, spatule, from Old French espatule (“spatula”). If so, then doublet of spattle and spatula.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (843)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SPURTLE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
SPURTLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPURTLE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ELPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of SPURTLE. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start SPURTL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found SPURTLE?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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