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STULTIFY

/ˈstʌltɪfaɪ/8 letters

Definition of STULTIFY

verb

To stunt, inhibit (progress, ideas, etc.) or make dull and uninteresting, especially through routine that is overly restrictive or limiting.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin stultus (“stupid, foolish”), + -ify. Compare Late Latin stultificō.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (24,117)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

verb3 syllablescompound-ify

Same root, STULTIFY · 5 relatives in the game

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

STULTIFY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 158
Its 3 boards, across 158 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
106
First board
146
Latest board
26
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First ever to find it

kcdcPATRON

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

STULTIFY
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

STULTIFY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FILSTTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.

Words that start STULTI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

STULTIFIEDSTULTIFIERSTULTIFIESSTULTIFIERSSTULTIFYINGSTULTILOQUYSTULTILOQUIESSTULTIFICATIONSTULTIFICATIONS

Could you have found STULTIFY?

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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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