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NENE
Definition of NENE
noun
The Hawaiian goose, Branta sandvicensis, which was designated the state bird of Hawaii in 1957.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Hawaiian nēnē, which is imitative of the bird’s call.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Hawaiian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
43rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (28)
branch · 0.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NENE · 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.
NENE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NENE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EENN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and E appear more than once.
Could you have found NENE?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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