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STEENBOK
Definition of STEENBOK
noun
A common small antelope of southern and eastern Africa, Raphicerus campestris.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Afrikaans steenbok, from Dutch steenbok.
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.
STEENBOK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 73, 1 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 73, 1 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STEENBOK starts with S and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read BEEKNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 STEENB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STEENBOK?
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 73 - and most players walked straight past it.
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