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NEATEN

/ˈniːtən/6 letters

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).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

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.

Day 1Day 112
Its one board, across 112 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
22
Days since seen

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

scatterall

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

NEATEN
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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.

NEATENSNEATENEDNEATENING

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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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