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STRIFE
Definition of STRIFE
noun
Striving; earnest endeavor; hard work.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English strif, stryf, striffe, from Old French estrif, noun derived from estriver, from Frankish *strīban; compare Dutch strijven. More at strive.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
15th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.8%
of traced words share this origin (241)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, STRIFE · 1 relative 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.
STRIFE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 156 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STRIFE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFIRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
7 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STRIFE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found STRIFE?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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