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STEW
Definition of STEW
noun
A cooking-dish used for boiling; a cauldron.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English stewe, stue, from Anglo-Norman estouve, Old French estuve (“bath, bathhouse”) (modern French étuve), from Medieval Latin stupha, of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Vulgar Latin *extufāre, from ex- + Ancient Greek τῦφος (tûphos, “smoke, steam”), from τύφω (túphō, “to smoke”). See also Italian stufare, Portuguese estufar. Compare also Old English stuf-bæþ (“a hot-air bath, vapour bath”); see stove.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STEW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
STEW starts with S and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read ESTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STEW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found STEW?
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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