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STOLE
Definition of STOLE
verb
simple past of steal
verb
To take illegally, or without the owner's permission, something owned by someone else without intending to return it.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STOLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
STOLE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ELOST - 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 STOLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found STOLE?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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