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STENOGRAPHY
Definition of STENOGRAPHY
noun
The practice of transcribing speech (primarily for later dictation or testimony), usually using shorthand
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Where it comes from
From steno- (“narrow”) + -graphy.
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.
STENOGRAPHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 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 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
STENOGRAPHY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEGHNOPRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start STENOGR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found STENOGRAPHY?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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