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NASCENT
Definition of NASCENT
adjective
Emerging; just coming into existence.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin nāscēns, nāscentis, present participle of nāscor (“to be born”). Doublet of naissant.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,711)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
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.
NASCENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far. 121 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NASCENT starts with N and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACENNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start NASCEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NASCENT?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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