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NATES
Definition of NATES
noun
The two anterior of the four lobes on the dorsal side of the midbrain of most mammals; the anterior optic lobes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin natēs, plural of natis.
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.
NATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 24, 13 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NATES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AENST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found NATES?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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