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NAOS
Definition of NAOS
noun
The inner part of an ancient Greek temple, containing a statue of the temple's deity and surrounded by a colonnaded portico; the Roman cella, which it later gave rise to.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Ancient Greek ναός (naós, “inner part of the temple”).
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.
NAOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NAOS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ANOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start NAOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found NAOS?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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