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NECTARINE
Definition of NECTARINE
noun
A cultivar of the peach with smooth rather than fuzzy skin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nectar + -ine.
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.
NECTARINE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
NECTARINE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEINNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start NECTAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NECTARINE?
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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