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NACRITE
Definition of NACRITE
noun
A basic aluminium silicate clay that is a polymorph of kaolinite
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French nacre (“mother-of-pearl”) + -ite.
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.
NACRITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NACRITE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEINRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
6 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found NACRITE?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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