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NEMATOCIDES
Definition of NEMATOCIDES
noun
plural of nematocide
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Word DNA
NEMATOCIDES inherits its ancestry from its root, NEMATOCIDE.
How it is built
Same root, NEMATOCIDE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NEMATOCIDES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 62, 21 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEMATOCIDES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACDEEIMNOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start NEMATOC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NEMATOCIDES?
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 62 - and most players walked straight past it.
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