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STATIONARY
Definition of STATIONARY
adjective
Not moving.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin stationarius, from statio, ultimately from stō (“to stand”). Doublet of stationer. Equivalent to station + -ary.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,318)
branch · 30.7% 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.
STATIONARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 152, 19 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 173, 9 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 152, 19 October 2026.
Built from these letters
STATIONARY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAINORSTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and A appear more than once.
Words that start STATIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STATIONARY?
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 152 - and most players walked straight past it.
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