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NACRE
Definition of NACRE
noun
A shellfish which contains mother-of-pearl.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French nacre, from Medieval Latin nacchara, ultimately derived from Arabic نَقَّارَة (naqqāra). Doublet of nagara, nagada, naqareh, and naker. Also present in nacarat.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Arabic
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,132)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NACRE · 3 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.
NACRE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 70 boards so far. 137 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
NACRE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACENR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 NACRE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found NACRE?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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