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NASTY
Definition of NASTY
adjective
Dirty, filthy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English nasty, nasti, naxty, naxte (“unclean, filthy”), whence also Early Modern English nasky (“nasty”), of obscure origin. Probably from earlier Middle English *naskty, *naskedy, from Middle English *nasked (“dirty, messy”) + -y, ultimately of North Germanic origin (comparable to Danish nasket (“dirty, foul, unpleasant”), Swedish naskot (“dirty, filthy”), Swedish naskig, naskug (“nasty, dirty, messy”)), themselves all probably related to Proto-Germanic *hnaskuz (“tender, soft”). Likely doublet of nesh and nosh. Cognate with Scots nastie, nestie (“dirty, filthy”). Alternative theories have also been proposed, which include:
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NASTY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NASTY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ANSTY - 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 26
Could you have found NASTY?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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