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STYLITES

/ˈstʌɪlʌɪts/8 letters

Definition of STYLITES

noun

plural of stylite

STYLITE

noun

A Christian ascetic in ancient times who lived alone on top of a tall pillar.

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Word DNA

STYLITES inherits its ancestry from its root, STYLITE.

Line of descent

  1. Ancient Greek
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Ancient Greek

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

12.6%

of traced words share this origin (3,706)

Hellenic

branch · 12.6% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, STYLITE · 1 relative in the game

Every Ancient Greek word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

STYLITES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 149
Its one board, across 149 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
146
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

thamnophis

on Day 146, 13 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

STYLITES
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
6
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

STYLITES starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EILSSTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and T appear more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

STYLIEST

Words that start STYLIT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

STYLITESTYLITICSTYLITISMSTYLITISMS

Could you have found STYLITES?

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 146 - and most players walked straight past it.

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