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NANOBES
Definition of NANOBES
noun
plural of nanobe
NANOBE
noun
A structure similar in appearance to a cell, but only nanometres in size. Nanoscopic abiotic life, acellular life, or protolife. A nanoscopic self-replicating structure. Petrified nanoscopic structure, fossil or pseudofossil.
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Word DNA
NANOBES inherits its ancestry from its root, NANOBE.
How it is built
Same root, NANOBE · 1 relative 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.
NANOBES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 25 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NANOBES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABENNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start NANOBE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NANOBES?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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