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STROKE
Definition of STROKE
noun
An act of hitting; a blow, a hit.
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Where it comes from
The noun is derived from Middle English strok, stroke (“blow from a weapon, cut”), from Old English strāc, from Proto-West Germanic *straik, from Proto-Germanic *straikaz (“stroke”), from Proto-Indo-European *streyg- (“to rub, stroke; to shear; to strike”). Sense 3.5.2.2 (“the oblique, slash, or virgule (‘/’)”) is a contraction of oblique stroke, a variant of oblique which was originally used in telegraphy. The verb is derived from the noun.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STROKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
STROKE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EKORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STROKE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found STROKE?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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