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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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Other senses
STENOGRAPHY carries 4 further meanings.
noun
The art or process of writing in shorthand.
noun
Material transcribed in shorthand.
noun
The art of writing by means of brief signs which represent single sounds, groups of sounds, whole words, or groups of words; shorthand; brachygraphy: a generic term embracing all systems of shorthand, or brief writing.
noun
The art of writing in shorthand, by using abbreviations or characters for whole words; shorthand.
Where it comes from
From steno- (“narrow”) + -graphy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
STENOGRAPHY in a sentence
“But at least it's not another piece of press-release stenography from the Real Estate Nerd. blog comments powered by Disqus publicola nerds”
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 50 boards so far. 134 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
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 mean much the same
Near-synonyms of STENOGRAPHY. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
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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