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STENOPAEIC
Definition of STENOPAEIC
adjective
Pertaining to a narrow opening or slit in an opaque barrier that restricts the light which reaches the eye.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek στενός (stenós, “narrow”) (see steno-) + ὀπαῖος (opaîos, “perforated”), from ὀπή (opḗ, “opening”). First attested in 1855 (see quotations) in relation to the works of Franciscus Donders, who coined the original term as Dutch stenopaeische (1853-1854).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Dutch
- Ancient Greek
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (217)
branch · 22.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STENOPAEIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 128, 25 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 128, 25 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STENOPAEIC starts with S and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACEEINOPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found STENOPAEIC?
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 128 - and most players walked straight past it.
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