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STALER
Definition of STALER
adjective
comparative form of stale: more stale
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Word DNA
STALER inherits its ancestry from its root, STALE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,856)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, STALE · 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.
STALER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STALER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AELRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
12 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found STALER?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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