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STAIDNESS
Definition of STAIDNESS
noun
The state or characteristic of being staid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From staid + -ness.
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.
STAIDNESS 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 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STAIDNESS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEINSSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start STAIDN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STAIDNESS?
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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