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STACHE

/stɑːʃ/6 letters

Definition of STACHE

noun

A moustache.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Clipping of moustache or mustache.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun1 syllable

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

STACHE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 161
Its 2 boards, across 161 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
139
First board
147
Latest board
8
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.

First ever to find it

n292562PATRON

on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

STACHE
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

STACHE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEHST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Could you have found STACHE?

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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.

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