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NECKTIE
Definition of NECKTIE
noun
A strip of cloth worn around the neck and tied in the front.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From neck + tie.
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.
NECKTIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 121, 18 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NECKTIE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEIKNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found NECKTIE?
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 121 - and most players walked straight past it.
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