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STICKHANDLE
Definition of STICKHANDLE
verb
To maintain individual possession of the puck or ball by controlling it with movements of one's stick, especially to do so in a skillful manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From stick + handle.
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.
STICKHANDLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 112, 9 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STICKHANDLE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACDEHIKLNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start STICKHA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STICKHANDLE?
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 112 - and most players walked straight past it.
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