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STAGE
Definition of STAGE
noun
A phase.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English stage, from Old French estage (“dwelling, residence; position, situation, condition”), from Old French ester (“to be standing, be located”). Cognate with Old English stæþþan (“to make staid, stay”), Old Norse steðja (“to place, provide, confirm, allow”), Old English stede (“state, status, standing, place, station, site”). More at stead. Doublet of étage.
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.
STAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 54, 13 July 2026.
Built from these letters
STAGE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STAGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found STAGE?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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