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STYLOIDS

8 letters

Definition of STYLOIDS

noun

plural of styloid

STYLOID

adjective

Resembling a stylus or pen.

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Word DNA

STYLOIDS inherits its ancestry from its root, STYLOID.

How it is built

nouncompound-oid

Same root, STYLOID · 1 relative in the game

Its etymology also names Ancient Greek.

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.

STYLOIDS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 163
Its one board, across 163 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
146
First board
17
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 146, 13 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.

First ever to find it

sjmf

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

Built from these letters

STYLOIDS
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start STYLOI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found STYLOIDS?

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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