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STYLUS
Definition of STYLUS
noun
An ancient writing implement consisting of a small rod with a pointed end for scratching letters on clay, wax-covered tablets or other surfaces, and a blunt end for obliterating them. A small implement with a pointed end used for engraving and tracing. A small device resembling a pen used to input handwritten text or drawings directly into an electronic device with a touch-sensitive screen.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin stylus (“a stake or pale”). Probably not directly related to Ancient Greek στῦλος (stûlos, “a pillar”). Doublet of style.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STYLUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.
Built from these letters
STYLUS starts with S and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read LSSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start STYLUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STYLUS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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