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STYPTIC
Definition of STYPTIC
adjective
Bringing about contraction of tissues; harsh, raw, austere.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin stypticus, itself borrowed from Ancient Greek στυπτικός (stuptikós), from στύφω (stúphō, “to contract”).
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.
STYPTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STYPTIC starts with S and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CIPSTTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Words that start STYPTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STYPTIC?
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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.
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