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WATERSPOUT
Definition of WATERSPOUT
noun
A whirlwind that forms over water, not associated with a mesocyclone of a thunderstorm (contrary to a true tornado).
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Where it comes from
From water + spout.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
WATERSPOUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 35 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
WATERSPOUT starts with W and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEOPRSTTUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start WATERS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found WATERSPOUT?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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