The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
AERONAUTICS
Definition of AERONAUTICS
noun
The design, construction, mathematics, and mechanics of aircraft and other flying objects; the study of and control of how aviation works.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French aéronautique or New Latin aeronauticus. Equivalent to aero- + -naut + -ics.
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.
AERONAUTICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 56 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 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 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AERONAUTICS starts with A and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEINORSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start AERONAU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found AERONAUTICS?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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