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STEALE
Definition of STEALE
verb
Obsolete form of steal.
verb
To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
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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.
STEALE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 130, 27 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STEALE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEELST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STEALE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STEALE?
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 130 - and most players walked straight past it.
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