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AERONAUT
Definition of AERONAUT
noun
A person who travels through the air in an airship or balloon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From aero- + -naut, from the French aéronaute; compare the Italian aeronauta.
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.
AERONAUT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AERONAUT starts with A and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AAENORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start AERONA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found AERONAUT?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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