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STATICE
Definition of STATICE
noun
Plants of the genus Limonium having spikes of white or mauve flowers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin staticē, from Ancient Greek στατικός (statikós, “standing still”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,337)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
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.
STATICE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 120, 17 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 120, 17 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STATICE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEISTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STATIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STATICE?
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 120 - and most players walked straight past it.
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