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STEARIC
Definition of STEARIC
adjective
Of or relating to stearin, tallow etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French stéarique, from στέαρ (stéar, “tallow”) + -ique.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,118)
branch · 15.4% 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.
STEARIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 29 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 74, 2 August 2026.
Built from these letters
STEARIC starts with S and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEIRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 STEARI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STEARIC?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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