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STILB
Definition of STILB
noun
a unit of luminance equal to one candela per square centimetre
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Coined by the French physicist André Blondel around 1920, from Ancient Greek στίλβω (stílbō, “I glitter”).
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.
STILB in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 83, 11 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 83, 11 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STILB starts with S and ends with B. Sorted, its letters read BILST - 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 STILB
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STILB?
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 83 - and most players walked straight past it.
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