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NEPHOLOGIES
Definition of NEPHOLOGIES
Wiktionary has no entry for NEPHOLOGIES itself. This is its base word, NEPHOLOGY.
noun
The branch of meteorology that studies clouds.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for NEPHOLOGY.
From nepho- + -logy.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NEPHOLOGIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 109, 6 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 109, 6 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NEPHOLOGIES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEGHILNOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start NEPHOLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NEPHOLOGIES?
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 109 - and most players walked straight past it.
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