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ESTOC
Definition of ESTOC
noun
A type of sword used from the 14th to the 17th century, characterized by a long, straight, edgeless, sharply pointed blade designed for penetrating mail or plate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French estoc, ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *stokōn (“to push, thrust”); see there for more. Compare Middle English touk (“a sword”) (whence obsolete English tuck (“rapier, sword”)), Middle English stok(e) (“blow with a sword”) (both probably from Old French estoc).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,700)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, ESTOC · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Middle English, Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ESTOC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 48 boards so far. 63 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ESTOC starts with E and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found ESTOC?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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