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STYLOMETRY
Definition of STYLOMETRY
noun
A statistical method of analyzing a text to determine its author.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From style + -o- + -metry.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, STYLE · 9 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STYLOMETRY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 167, 3 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 167, 3 November 2026.
Built from these letters
STYLOMETRY starts with S and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ELMORSTTYY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T and Y appear more than once.
Could you have found STYLOMETRY?
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 167 - and most players walked straight past it.
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