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NAVICULARES
Definition of NAVICULARES
Wiktionary has no entry for NAVICULARES itself. This is its base word, NAVICULAR.
adjective
Shaped like a boat.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for NAVICULAR.
Borrowed from Middle French naviculaire, itself borrowed from Late Latin nāviculāris (“boat shaped”), from Latin nāvicula, diminutive of nāvis (“ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *néh₂us.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,700)
How it is built
Same root, NAVICULAR · 2 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NAVICULARES in OUTLIER
It has fitted 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 59, 18 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 107 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 125, 22 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NAVICULARES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEILNRSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start NAVICUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found NAVICULARES?
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