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NACRES
Definition of NACRES
noun
plural of nacre
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Word DNA
NACRES inherits its ancestry from its root, NACRE.
Line of descent
- Arabic
- Latin
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.3%
of traced words share this origin (387)
branch · 1.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NACRE · 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.
NACRES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 50, 9 July 2026.
Built from these letters
NACRES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACENRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found NACRES?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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