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STEROL
Definition of STEROL
noun
Any steroid that contains a hydroxyl group in the 3-position of the A-ring.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From 1913; back-formation from cholesterol.
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.
STEROL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 62, 21 July 2026.
Built from these letters
STEROL starts with S and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ELORST - 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 STEROL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STEROL?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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