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STERNA
Definition of STERNA
noun
plural of sternum
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
STERNA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
STERNA starts with S and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AENRST - 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 STERNA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found STERNA?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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