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STRICT
Definition of STRICT
adjective
Strained; drawn close; tight.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin strictus, past participle of stringere (“to draw tight, bind, contract”). Doublet of strait and stretto. See stringent, strain. Related to strong.
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.
STRICT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
STRICT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read CIRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start STRICT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STRICT?
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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