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STAINER
Definition of STAINER
noun
Something that stains.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From stain + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, STAIN · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STAINER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 101, 29 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STAINER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
10 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found STAINER?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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