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NAUPLIIFORM
Definition of NAUPLIIFORM
adjective
Resembling a nauplius.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nauplius + -iform.
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.
NAUPLIIFORM in OUTLIER
It has fitted 36 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 56, 15 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 86 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 108, 5 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NAUPLIIFORM starts with N and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AFIILMNOPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found NAUPLIIFORM?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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