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STRINGENT
Definition of STRINGENT
adjective
Strict; binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin stringēns, stringentem, from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to stroke, to shear, stiff”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,769)
How it is built
Same root, STRINGENT · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STRINGENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STRINGENT starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EGINNRSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and N appear more than once.
Words that start STRING
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STRINGENT?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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