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STEEPEN
Definition of STEEPEN
verb
To make steeper.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From steep + -en. Compare Old English stīepan (“to steepen”).
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.
STEEPEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 113, 10 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STEEPEN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EEENPST - 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 STEEPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STEEPEN?
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 113 - and most players walked straight past it.
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