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STRIPE
Definition of STRIPE
noun
A long region of a single colour in a repeating pattern of similar regions.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English stripe, strype, from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German strîpe, from Proto-West Germanic *strīpā, *strīpō, from Proto-Germanic *strīpô. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Striepe (“stripe, strip”), West Frisian stripe (“stripe”), Dutch streep (“stripe”), German Low German Striepe, Striep, Streep (“stripe”), German Streifen (“stripe, strip, band”), Danish stribe (“stripe”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (990)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Danish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STRIPE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
STRIPE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EIPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
9 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STRIPE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found STRIPE?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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