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STEEP
Definition of STEEP
adjective
Of a near-vertical gradient; of a slope, surface, curve, etc. that proceeds upward or downward at an angle approaching vertical.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English steep, from Old English stēap (“high”), from Proto-Germanic *staupaz, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp- (“to push, stick”). Compare Old Frisian stāp ("high, towering"; > Modern Saterland Frisian stiep (“steep”)), Dutch stoop (“grand; proud”), Middle High German stouf (“towering cliff, precipice”), Middle High German stief (“steep”)). The Proto-Indo-European root (and related) has many and varied descendants, including English stub; compare also Scots stap (“to strike, to forcibly insert”). The sense of “sharp slope” is attested circa 1200; the sense “expensive” is attested US 1856.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STEEP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STEEP starts with S and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read EEPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start STEEP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found STEEP?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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