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STERNUM
Definition of STERNUM
noun
The breastbone, consisting of the manubrium, gladiolus, and xiphoid process.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from New Latin sternum, related to Old English steorn (“forehead”), German Stirn (“forehead”).
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.
STERNUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
STERNUM starts with S and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read EMNRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 STERNU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found STERNUM?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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