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ASTRAKHAN
Definition of ASTRAKHAN
noun
Closely-curled black or grey fleece of very young karakul lambs from Astrakhan.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Named after the city of Astrakhan in Southern Russia.
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.
ASTRAKHAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
ASTRAKHAN starts with A and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAAHKNRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start ASTRAK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found ASTRAKHAN?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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