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STEARIN
Definition of STEARIN
noun
Solid fat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French stéarine, from Ancient Greek στέαρ (stéar, “fat”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,605)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, STEARIN · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STEARIN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 130, 27 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STEARIN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
10 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.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found STEARIN?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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