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STAMINATE
Definition of STAMINATE
adjective
Having functional stamens, but (typically) no carpels.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Latin staminatus (“consisting of threads”), from stamen (“thread”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
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.
STAMINATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STAMINATE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEIMNSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and A appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STAMIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STAMINATE?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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