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NEATEN
Definition of NEATEN
verb
To make (someone or something) neat; to arrange (people or things) in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From neat + -en.
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.
NEATEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
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
NEATEN starts with N and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEENNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear more than once.
Words that start NEATEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NEATEN?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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