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ASTRONOMICAL
Definition of ASTRONOMICAL
adjective
Of or relating to astronomy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Attested since at least 1550, from Middle French astronomique or directly from Latin astronomicus, from Ancient Greek ἀστρονομικός (astronomikós).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
12.6%
of traced words share this origin (3,672)
branch · 12.6% of traced words
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.
ASTRONOMICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 68 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ASTRONOMICAL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACILMNOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and O appear more than once.
Words that start ASTRONOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found ASTRONOMICAL?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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