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NESTLING
Definition of NESTLING
noun
A small, young bird that is still confined to the nest.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English nestling, equivalent to nest + -ling.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,287)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NESTLE · 4 relatives 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.
NESTLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 41 days.
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
NESTLING starts with N and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EGILNNST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Could you have found NESTLING?
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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