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NEATENS
Definition of NEATENS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of neaten
verb
To make (someone or something) neat; to arrange (people or things) in an orderly, tidy way; to tidy.
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Word DNA
NEATENS inherits its ancestry from its root, NEATEN.
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.
NEATENS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 169, 5 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 172, 8 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 169, 5 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEATENS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEENNST - 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 NEATENS?
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 169 - and most players walked straight past it.
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