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STOVES
Definition of STOVES
noun
plural of stove
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Word DNA
STOVES inherits its ancestry from its root, STOVE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.4%
of traced words share this origin (10,302)
branch · 12.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, STOVE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Old English, Old Norse, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STOVES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STOVES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EOSSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found STOVES?
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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.
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