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NEONS
Definition of NEONS
noun
plural of neon (the fish, neon tetras)
noun
The chemical element (symbol Ne) with an atomic number of 10. The second of the noble gases, it is a colourless, odorless inert gas. A form or sample of the element.
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Word DNA
NEONS inherits its ancestry from its root, NEON.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,866)
How it is built
Same root, NEON · 1 relative in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NEONS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 132, 29 September 2026.
Built from these letters
NEONS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ENNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found NEONS?
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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