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NEBULOUS
Definition of NEBULOUS
adjective
In the form of a cloud or haze; hazy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English nebulous, from Middle French nebuleus, from Latin nebulōsus (“full of mist, foggy, cloudy”), from nebula (“mist, vapour, cloud”), from Proto-Indo-European *nébʰos (“cloud, vapor, fog, moist, sky”). By surface analysis, nebula + -ous. More at neveling, nuel.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 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, NEBULOUS · 1 relative 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.
NEBULOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 136 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEBULOUS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BELNOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start NEBULO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found NEBULOUS?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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