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STAPEDIAL
Definition of STAPEDIAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to the stapes
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STAPEDIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STAPEDIAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AADEILPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STAPED
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STAPEDIAL?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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