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ASTERID
Definition of ASTERID
noun
Alternative spelling of asteroid (starfish).
noun
A naturally occurring solid object, which is smaller than a planet and a dwarf planet, larger than a meteoroid and not a comet, that orbits a star and often has an irregular shape.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from taxonomic name Asteroidea.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ASTERID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ASTERID starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEIRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
8 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ASTERI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found ASTERID?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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