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NEGUS
Definition of NEGUS
noun
A drink made of wine, often port, mixed with hot water, oranges or lemons, spices and sugar.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Named after Colonel Francis Negus (1670–1732), its creator.
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.
NEGUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 25 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
NEGUS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 NEGUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found NEGUS?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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