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STOPWORD

8 letters

Definition of STOPWORD

noun

Alternative form of stop word.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From stop + word.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

STOPWORD in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its one board, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
115
First board
4
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

itszezu

on Day 115, 12 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

STOPWORD
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

STOPWORD starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DOOPRSTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start STOPWO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

STOPWORDS

Could you have found STOPWORD?

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 115 - and most players walked straight past it.

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