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NEURALGIA
Definition of NEURALGIA
noun
An acute, severe, intermittent pain that radiates along a nerve.
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Where it comes from
From New Latin neuralgia, from Ancient Greek νεῦρον (neûron, “nerve”) + ἄλγος (álgos, “pain”). By surface analysis, neur- + -algia.
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.
NEURALGIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
NEURALGIA starts with N and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAEGILNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start NEURAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found NEURALGIA?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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