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STENOGRAPHIC

/ˌstɛ.nəˈɡɹæ.fɪk/12 letters

Definition of STENOGRAPHIC

adjective

Of or pertaining to stenography

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Other senses

STENOGRAPHIC carries 2 further meanings.

  1. Of or pertaining to stenography; shorthand.

  2. adjective

    of or relating to or employing stenography

Where it comes from

From stenography + -ic.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective4 syllablescompound-ic

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

STENOGRAPHIC in a sentence

“TP U BG, which supposedly means “FUCK” in stenographic shorthand, or SHTHPNS), it may not discriminate based on viewpoint (for instance, because ARYAN-1 conveys a “message of racial superiority”), nor may it use standards that are so vague that they can be a cloak for viewpoint discrimination (e.g., a “contrary to public policy” standard).”

The Volokh Conspiracy » (Maybe) Racist Vanity Plates and the First Amendment, 2010

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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.

STENOGRAPHIC in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 80 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 148
Its 40 boards, across 148 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
40
Boards found on
27
First board
147
Latest board
10
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

babiehotline

on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

STENOGRAPHIC
12
Letters
4
Vowels
8
Consonants
12
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

STENOGRAPHIC starts with S and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEGHINOPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start STENOGRA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

STENOGRAPHSTENOGRAPHSSTENOGRAPHYSTENOGRAPHERSTENOGRAPHERSSTENOGRAPHIES

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from The Century Dictionary.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

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