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HYPERNOVA
Definition of HYPERNOVA
noun
The gravitational collapse of a massive star to form a black hole.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From hyper- + nova.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
HYPERNOVA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
HYPERNOVA starts with H and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEHNOPRVY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start HYPERN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found HYPERNOVA?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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