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STOLON
Definition of STOLON
noun
A shoot that grows along the ground and produces roots at its nodes; a runner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From oblique stem of Latin stolō, stolōnis. Doublet of stole.
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.
STOLON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 68, 27 July 2026.
Built from these letters
STOLON starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read LNOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start STOLON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found STOLON?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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