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STYMIED
Definition of STYMIED
verb
simple past and past participle of stymie
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STYMIED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 115 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
STYMIED starts with S and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEIMSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start STYMIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found STYMIED?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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