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STIFLER
Definition of STIFLER
noun
One who, or that which, stifles; one who represses or limits.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From stifle + -er.
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.
STIFLER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
STIFLER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EFILRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STIFLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STIFLER?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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