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NASTIC
Definition of NASTIC
adjective
Relating to the response of a plant to a stimulus that does not depend on the location of the stimulus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From German nastisch from epinastisch, coined c.1854 by German botanist Karl Friedrich Schimper, from Ancient Greek ναστός (nastós, “pressed together”), from νάσσω (nássō, “to press, cram full”).
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.
NASTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NASTIC starts with N and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACINST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found NASTIC?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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