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STEROID
Definition of STEROID
noun
A class of organic compounds having a structure of seventeen carbon atoms arranged in four rings; they are lipids, and occur naturally as sterols, bile acids, adrenal and sex hormones, and some vitamins; many drugs are synthetic steroids.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From sterol + -oid.
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.
STEROID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STEROID starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEIORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STEROI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found STEROID?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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