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STANED
Definition of STANED
Wiktionary has no entry for STANED itself. This is its base word, STAN.
noun
An extremely obsessive fan of a person, group, character, or creative work, particularly one whose fixation is unhealthy or intrusive.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for STAN.
From Stan (“Stanley”), after the song "Stan" by Eminem (2000), a fictitious account of the rapper's encounter with an overly obsessive fan named Stan. Sometimes assumed to be a blend of stalker + fan, but perhaps simply chosen for the rhyme.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, STAN · 1 relative 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.
STANED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 130, 27 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 130, 27 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STANED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADENST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found STANED?
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 130 - and most players walked straight past it.
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