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STRANGE
Definition of STRANGE
adjective
Not normal; odd, unusual, surprising, out of the ordinary, often with a negative connotation.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English straunge, strange, stronge, from Old French estrange, from Latin extrāneus (“that which is on the outside”). Doublet of extraneous and estrange. Cognate with French étrange (“strange, foreign”) and Spanish extraño (“strange, foreign”). Largely displaced native fremd, selcouth, and uncouth, from Old English fremede, seldcūþ, and uncūþ.
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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.
STRANGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
STRANGE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 STRANG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found STRANGE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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