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STARN
Definition of STARN
noun
A star.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English sterne, starn, From Old Norse stjarna, from Proto-Germanic *sternǭ (“star”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr (“star”). Doublet of star.
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.
STARN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 69 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STARN starts with S and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ANRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STARN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found STARN?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
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