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STUTTERING
Definition of STUTTERING
noun
A speech disorder in which the flow of speech is disrupted by involuntary repetitions and prolongations of sounds, syllables, words or phrases, and by involuntary silent pauses or blocks in which the stutterer is unable to produce sounds.
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Word DNA
STUTTERING inherits its ancestry from its root, STUTTER.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,006)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, STUTTER · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STUTTERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STUTTERING starts with S and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGINRSTTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start STUTTE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STUTTERING?
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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