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STAPH
Definition of STAPH
noun
Staphylococcus bacteria and the infection it causes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Shortening of staphylococcus.
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.
STAPH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 13, 2 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
STAPH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AHPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 STAPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 13
Could you have found STAPH?
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 13 - and most players walked straight past it.
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