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STERILISER
Definition of STERILISER
noun
Alternative spelling of sterilizer.
STERILIZER
noun
A device used to sterilize, killing pathogens by means such as heat, UV light, chemicals, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sterilise + -er.
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.
STERILISER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STERILISER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEIILRRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S, E, R and I appear more than once.
Words that start STERIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STERILISER?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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