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NENUPHAR
Definition of NENUPHAR
noun
A water lily, especially the European white water lily (Nymphaea alba) or the yellow water lily (Nuphar lutea).
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Where it comes from
From Medieval Latin nenuphar, from Arabic نِلُوفَر (nilūfar), نِينُوفَر (nīnūfar), from Middle Persian nylw(k)pl (nīlōpal, “lotus, water-lily”), from Sanskrit नीलोत्पल (nīlotpala, “blue lotus”), from नील (nīla, “blue”) + उत्पल (utpala, “lotus, water-lily”). Compare French nénufar.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.9%
of traced words share this origin (240)
branch · 1.4% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NENUPHAR 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
NENUPHAR starts with N and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEHNNPRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start NENUPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NENUPHAR?
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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