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STED
Definition of STED
noun
Obsolete form of stead.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sted, from Old English stede (“place, spot, locality”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STED
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STED?
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 107 - and most players walked straight past it.
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