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NACREOUS
Definition of NACREOUS
adjective
Of, or resembling nacre (mother of pearl).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
NACREOUS carries 4 further meanings.
In bacteriology, applied to colonies which are of a translucent, grayish-white color with a pearly luster.
Consisting of, resembling, or pertaining to nacre or mother-of-pearl: as, a nacreous luster; a nacreous layer.
Producing or possessing nacre, as shells which have a certain luster or lustrous layer on their inner surface.
adjective
Consisting of, or resembling, nacre; pearly.
Where it comes from
From nacre + -ous.
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.
NACREOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 71 boards so far. 147 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NACREOUS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACENORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of NACREOUS. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found NACREOUS?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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