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STROBILE
Definition of STROBILE
noun
A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, such as the hop or pine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin strobilus (“a pinecone”) and Latin strobila, from Ancient Greek στρόβιλος (stróbilos). All senses refer to things that look like, or somewhat like (via fancied resemblance), a pinecone.
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.
STROBILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 44, 3 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 44, 3 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STROBILE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BEILORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STROBI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 44
Could you have found STROBILE?
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 44 - and most players walked straight past it.
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