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STIVIEST

8 letters

Definition of STIVIEST

Wiktionary has no entry for STIVIEST itself. This is its base word, STIVY.

adjective

close; stuffy; stifling

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

The origin recorded for STIVY.

From stive + -y.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjectivecompound

Same root, STIVE · 5 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

STIVIEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 174
Its one board, across 174 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
146
First board
28
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.

First ever to find it

albandp

on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

STIVIEST
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

STIVIEST starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EIISSTTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S, T and I appear more than once.

Words that start STIVIE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

STIVIER

Could you have found STIVIEST?

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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.

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