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STANE
Definition of STANE
noun
A dialectal or obsolete form of stone.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Northern Middle English stan, stane, from Old English stān (“stone”). More at stone.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STANE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 71, 30 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STANE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AENST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STANE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STANE?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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