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NEBULA
Definition of NEBULA
noun
A cloud in outer space consisting of gas or dust (e.g. a cloud formed after a star explodes).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin nebula (“little cloud, mist”). First attested in 1655. Akin to Ancient Greek νεφέλη (nephélē, “cloud”), German Nebel (“mist, nebula”), Old Norse nifl, Polish niebo (“sky, heaven”), Russian не́бо (nébo, “sky”).
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.
NEBULA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
NEBULA starts with N and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ABELNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start NEBULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found NEBULA?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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