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DAYSTAR
Definition of DAYSTAR
noun
The planet Venus as the morning star.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English daysterre, from Old English dæġsteorra, equivalent to day + star. Cognate with Scots daystern (“morningstar; daystar”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
4.2%
of traced words share this origin (1,197)
branch · 22.4% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DAYSTAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 93, 21 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 128, 25 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 93, 21 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
DAYSTAR starts with D and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AADRSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start DAYSTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found DAYSTAR?
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 93 - and most players walked straight past it.
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