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START
Definition of START
noun
The beginning of an activity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English stert, from the verb sterten (“to start, startle”). See below.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,287)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, START · 2 relatives 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.
START in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 148, 15 October 2026.
Built from these letters
START starts with S and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ARSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start START
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found START?
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 148 - and most players walked straight past it.
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