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STINKWOOD
Definition of STINKWOOD
noun
Any of several not closely related trees whose wood has an unpleasant smell, but especially Ocotea bullata, a south African tree yielding hard, heavy wood.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From stink + wood.
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.
STINKWOOD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STINKWOOD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DIKNOOSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start STINKW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found STINKWOOD?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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