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NETWORK
Definition of NETWORK
noun
Any interconnected group or system.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From net + work; the nonliteral sense and its subsenses are extended from the literal sense; they are now the dominant senses. Cognate with German Netzwerk.
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.
NETWORK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 121, 18 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
NETWORK starts with N and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read EKNORTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start NETWOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found NETWORK?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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