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STANOL
Definition of STANOL
noun
Any saturated steroid alcohol, formed by hydrogenation of an appropriate sterol
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From st(erol) + -ane + -ol.
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.
STANOL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 108, 5 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STANOL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ALNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STANOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STANOL?
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 108 - and most players walked straight past it.
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