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STAMPEDE
Definition of STAMPEDE
noun
A wild, headlong running away or scamper of a number of animals, usually caused by fright.
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Where it comes from
The noun is derived from Mexican Spanish estampida (“a stampede”), from Spanish estampida, estampido (“a bang, a crack (sound)”), from Old Occitan estampida, from Gothic *𐍃𐍄𐌰𐌼𐍀𐌾𐌰𐌽 (*stampjan), from Proto-Germanic *stampōną (“to compress, squeeze; to stamp”), from Proto-Indo-European *stembʰ- (“to trample down”). The verb is derived from the noun.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,614)
How it is built
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.
STAMPEDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STAMPEDE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEEMPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears 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 STAMPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found STAMPEDE?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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