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ASTERNAL

8 letters

Definition of ASTERNAL

adjective

Not sternal; that do not join the sternum.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From a- + sternal.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

ASTERNAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 95
Its one board, across 95 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
45
First board
50
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 50 days.

First ever to find it

rodzilla

on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

ASTERNAL
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

ASTERNAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAELNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start ASTERN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found ASTERNAL?

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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.

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