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ASTRINGE
Definition of ASTRINGE
verb
To constrict, to compress
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, ASTRINGE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ASTRINGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ASTRINGE starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEGINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
10 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start ASTRIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found ASTRINGE?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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