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STENCH
Definition of STENCH
noun
a strong foul smell; a stink.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English stench, from Old English stenċ (“stench, odor, fragrance”), from Proto-Germanic *stankwiz (“smell, fragrance, odor”), from Proto-Indo-European *stengʷ- (“to push, thrust”). Cognate with Dutch stank (“stench, odor”), German Stank, Gestank (“stench, odor, smell”), Danish stank (“stench”), Swedish stank (“stench”), Icelandic stækja (“stench”).
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.
STENCH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
STENCH starts with S and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read CEHNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start STENCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found STENCH?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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