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STEREOTOMY
Definition of STEREOTOMY
noun
The cutting or dissection of solids.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French stéréotomie, equivalent to stereo- + -tomy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,418)
branch · 12.8% 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.
STEREOTOMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 62 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STEREOTOMY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEMOORSTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T, E and O appear more than once.
Words that start STEREO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STEREOTOMY?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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