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STERIGMATA
Definition of STERIGMATA
noun
plural of sterigma
noun
A slim projecting part of the basidium of some species of fungi that carries the basidiospore.
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Word DNA
STERIGMATA inherits its ancestry from its root, STERIGMA.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,280)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, STERIGMA · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STERIGMATA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 148, 15 October 2026.
Built from these letters
STERIGMATA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAEGIMRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and A appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found STERIGMATA?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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