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PULSAR
Definition of PULSAR
noun
A rotating neutron star that emits radio pulses periodically.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Blend of pulsating + (radio) star, patterned after quasar. Coined by British astronomers Antony Hewish and Jocelyn Bell in 1968, and first used in print in The Daily Telegraph. By surface analysis, pulse + -ar
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.
PULSAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 30, 19 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
PULSAR starts with P and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ALPRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start PULSAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found PULSAR?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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