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STROPPING
Definition of STROPPING
verb
present participle and gerund of strop
noun
A strap; more specifically a piece of leather or a substitute (notably canvas), or strip of wood covered with a suitable material, for honing a razor.
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Word DNA
STROPPING inherits its ancestry from its root, STROP.
How it is built
Same root, STROP · 3 relatives 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.
STROPPING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STROPPING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read GINOPPRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. P appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start STROPP
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STROPPING?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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