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STRADDLE
Definition of STRADDLE
verb
To sit or stand with a leg on each side of something; to sit astride.
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Where it comes from
As a verb, attested since the 1560s. Most likely, an alteration of dialectal striddle. The noun is first attested in the 1610s.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, STRADDLE · 2 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.
STRADDLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
STRADDLE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADDELRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start STRADD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STRADDLE?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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