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STABS
Definition of STABS
noun
plural of stab
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Word DNA
STABS inherits its ancestry from its root, STAB.
Line of descent
- Old Norse
- Middle English
- Scots
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (833)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, STAB · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch, Old English, Scottish Gaelic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STABS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 162, 29 October 2026.
Built from these letters
STABS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found STABS?
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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.
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