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STOKE
Definition of STOKE
verb
To poke, pierce, thrust.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English stoken, from Middle Dutch stoken (“to poke, thrust”) or Middle Low German stoken (“to poke, thrust”), from Old Dutch *stokon or Old Saxon *stokon, both from Proto-West Germanic *stokōn, from Proto-Germanic *stukōną (“to be stiff, push”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewg- (“to push, beat”). Cognate with Middle High German stoken (“to pierce, jab”), Norwegian Nynorsk stauka (“to push, thrust”). Alternative etymology derives the Middle English word from Old French estoquer, estochier (“to thrust, strike”), from the same Germanic source. More at stock.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STOKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STOKE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EKOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STOKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STOKE?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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