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STADIA
Definition of STADIA
noun
A level staff or graduated rod used by surveyors to measure differences in level, or to measure horizontal distances by sighting the stadia hairs (graduations) through a telescope.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian stadia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STADIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STADIA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AADIST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start STADIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found STADIA?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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