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STARNOSE
Definition of STARNOSE
noun
star-nosed mole
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From star + nose.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STARNOSE 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 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
STARNOSE starts with S and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AENORSST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start STARNO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found STARNOSE?
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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