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STOMA
Definition of STOMA
noun
One of the tiny pores in the epidermis of a leaf or stem through which gases and water vapor pass.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From New Latin stoma, from Ancient Greek στόμα (stóma, “mouth”).
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.
STOMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 50 boards so far. 150 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STOMA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AMOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STOMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found STOMA?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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