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STARCHIER

9 letters

Definition of STARCHIER

adjective

comparative form of starchy: more starchy

STARCHY

adjective

Of or pertaining to starch.

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Word DNA

STARCHIER inherits its ancestry from its root, STARCH.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Old English
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.2%

of traced words share this origin (12,066)

How it is built

adjective

Same root, STARCH · 12 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Dutch, Icelandic, Middle Low German, Swedish.

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

STARCHIER in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 171
Its one board, across 171 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
140
First board
31
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.

First ever to find it

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on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

STARCHIER
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

STARCHIER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACEHIRRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R 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 STARCH

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found STARCHIER?

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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.

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