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STEROIDAL
Definition of STEROIDAL
adjective
Of, being, or derived from a steroid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From steroid + -al.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
STEROIDAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 82 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STEROIDAL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ADEILORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 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.
Could you have found STEROIDAL?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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