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STARDUST
Definition of STARDUST
noun
Small fragments of dustlike material found in space; specifically, a type of cosmic dust that formed from cooling gases ejected from presolar stars, which was then incorporated into the cloud from which the Solar System condensed.
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Where it comes from
From star + dust.
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.
STARDUST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STARDUST starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADRSSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and T appear more than once.
Words that start STARDU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STARDUST?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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