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NATURES
Definition of NATURES
noun
plural of nature
noun
The way things are, the totality of all things in the physical universe and their order, especially the physical world in contrast to spiritual realms and flora and fauna as distinct from human conventions, art, and technology.
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Word DNA
NATURES inherits its ancestry from its root, NATURE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,613)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NATURE · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German, Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NATURES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
NATURES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AENRSTU - 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 6
Could you have found NATURES?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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