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STAIRS
Definition of STAIRS
noun
plural of stair
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Word DNA
STAIRS inherits its ancestry from its root, STAIR.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,575)
How it is built
Same root, STAIR · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Middle Low German.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STAIRS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 74 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
STAIRS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AIRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STAIRS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STAIRS?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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