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TURNSPIT

/ˈtɜɹn(ˌ)spɪt/8 letters

Definition of TURNSPIT

noun

A person employed in turning a spit for the purpose of roasting meat.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From turn + spit.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

TURNSPIT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Its one board, across 169 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
152
First board
17
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.

First ever to find it

leekus

on Day 152, 19 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TURNSPIT
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TURNSPIT starts with T and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read INPRSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.

Words that start TURNSP

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

TURNSPITS

Could you have found TURNSPIT?

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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