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NEKTONS
Definition of NEKTONS
noun
plural of nekton
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Word DNA
NEKTONS inherits its ancestry from its root, NEKTON.
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
3.1%
of traced words share this origin (900)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NEKTON · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NEKTONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEKTONS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EKNNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Could you have found NEKTONS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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