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NERVAL
Definition of NERVAL
adjective
Of or relating to nerves.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nerve + -al.
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.
NERVAL in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 90 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NERVAL starts with N and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AELNRV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found NERVAL?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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