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STRATUM
Definition of STRATUM
noun
One of several parallel horizontal layers of material arranged one on top of another.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin strātum (“a spread for a bed, coverlet, quilt, blanket; a pillow, bolster; a bed”), neuter singular of strātus, perfect passive participle of sternō (“spread”). Doublet of estrade and street.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STRATUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
STRATUM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AMRSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Could you have found STRATUM?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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