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STOPPER
Definition of STOPPER
noun
Someone or something that stops something.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From stop + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, STOP · 9 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STOPPER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STOPPER starts with S and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EOPPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 STOPPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STOPPER?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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