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STYROFOAM
Definition of STYROFOAM
noun
Expanded polystyrene foam, such as is used in cups and packaging.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Genericized trademark of Styrofoam, from -styr- (from polystyrene) + -o- + foam.
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.
STYROFOAM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 62, 21 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 40 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STYROFOAM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AFMOORSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start STYROF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found STYROFOAM?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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