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ASTEROID
Definition of ASTEROID
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.
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Where it comes from
Introduced by German–British astronomer William Herschel in 1802 upon the suggestion of classical scholar Charles Burney Jr. (1757–1817), the son of music historian Charles Burney, a friend of Herschel's. Probably coined as a learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ἀστεροειδής (asteroeidḗs, “starlike”), from ἀστήρ (astḗr, “celestial body”) + -ειδής (-eidḗs, adjective-forming suffix). By surface analysis, aster + -oid.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ASTEROID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ASTEROID starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEIORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ASTERO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found ASTEROID?
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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