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LODESTAR
Definition of LODESTAR
noun
A star used as a navigation reference, particularly a pole star such as Polaris.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English lode (“journey, course”) + star, where lode is an archaic noun from the verb lithe (“to go, journey”), related to lead. Other Middle English spellings include: 14th century loode sterre, lood-sterre, lade-sterne; and 15th century lode sterre. Cognate with Old Norse leiðarstjarna, Dutch leidster, German Leitstern, Danish ledestjerne, Swedish ledstjärna.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
LODESTAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
LODESTAR starts with L and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADELORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start LODEST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found LODESTAR?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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