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STABILIZER
Definition of STABILIZER
noun
Any person or thing that brings stability. Any substance added to something in order to stabilize it, as for example a fuel additive that prolongs the shelf life of petrol. An additional wheel on a bicycle to keep it upright to assist a learner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From stabilize + -er.
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.
STABILIZER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STABILIZER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ABEIILRSTZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start STABIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found STABILIZER?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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