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SPURTLING
Definition of SPURTLING
verb
present participle and gerund 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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Word DNA
SPURTLING inherits its ancestry from its root, SPURTLE.
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 (2,470)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, SPURTLE · 4 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.
SPURTLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
SPURTLING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GILNPRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start SPURTL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found SPURTLING?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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