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NASION
Definition of NASION
noun
The point at the root of the nose where the frontal and two nasal bones meet. (It is a cephalometric landmark.)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nas(o)- + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
NASION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NASION starts with N and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AINNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start NASION
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NASION?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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