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ASTRONOMY
Definition of ASTRONOMY
noun
The study of the physical universe beyond the Earth's atmosphere, including the process of mapping locations and properties of the matter and radiation in the universe.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English astronomie, astronemy, from Old French astronomie, equivalent to astro- + -nomy. Displaced native Old English tungolcræft.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
9th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
2.9%
of traced words share this origin (842)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ASTRONOMY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 54 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 5, 26 May 2026.
Built from these letters
ASTRONOMY starts with A and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AMNOORSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start ASTRON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found ASTRONOMY?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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