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STYLE
Definition of STYLE
noun
Senses relating to a thin, pointed object. A sharp stick used for writing on clay tablets or other surfaces; a stylus; an instrument used to write with ink; a pen. A tool with a sharp point used in engraving; a burin, a graver, a stylet, a stylus. The gnomon or pin of a sundial, the shadow of which indicates the hour. The stalk that connects the stigma(s) to the ovary in a pistil of a flower.
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Where it comes from
The noun is derived from Middle English stile (“writing tool; piece of written work; characteristic mode of expression; demeanour; person's designation or title; stem of a plant; period of time”) (compare semantic development to по́черк (póčerk, “handwriting, style”)), from Old French estile, or from Medieval Latin stylus, both from Latin stilus (“pointed instrument; writing tool; composition; characteristic mode of expression; stem of a plant”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)teyg- (“to be sharp; to pierce, prick, puncture, stab; to goad”). Doublet of stylus. The verb is derived from the noun.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,700)
How it is built
Same root, STYLE · 8 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STYLE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First found by a player on Day 14, 3 June 2026.
Built from these letters
STYLE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ELSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STYLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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