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STANDER
Definition of STANDER
noun
One who stands.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From stand + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, STAND · 7 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.
STANDER in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 142 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STANDER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADENRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 STANDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found STANDER?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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