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STONY
Definition of STONY
adjective
As hard as stone.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English stony, stoni, stani, from Old English stāniġ, stǣniġ (“stony, rocky”), from Proto-Germanic *stainagaz (“stony”), equivalent to stone + -y. Cognate with Scots stany (“stony”), West Frisian stienich (“stony”), Dutch stenig (“stony, metalled”), German steinig (“stony, rocky, gravelly”), Swedish stenig (“stony, rocky, pebbly”).
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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.
STONY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 83 days.
First found by a player on Day 40, 29 June 2026.
Built from these letters
STONY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read NOSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start STONY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
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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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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