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STANIEL
Definition of STANIEL
noun
The kestrel or windhover.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English staniel (“bird of prey”), from Old English stānġilla, stānġella (“staniel, pelican”, literally “rock-crier”), from stān (“stone, rock”) + ġella (“yeller, crier”). More at stone, yell.
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.
STANIEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 84, 12 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STANIEL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEILNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
8 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STANIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STANIEL?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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