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PERIASTRONS
Definition of PERIASTRONS
noun
plural of periastron
noun
The point of an orbit in which a celestial body is at its closest to the star it is orbiting.
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Word DNA
PERIASTRONS inherits its ancestry from its root, PERIASTRON.
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.2%
of traced words share this origin (9,569)
branch · 12.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, PERIASTRON · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
PERIASTRONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PERIASTRONS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEINOPRRSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and S appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found PERIASTRONS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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