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NEWS
Definition of NEWS
noun
New information of interest.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English newes, newys (“new things”), equivalent to new (noun) + -s (plural suffix). Compare Saterland Frisian Näis (“news”), East Frisian näjs (“news”), West Frisian nijs (“news”), Dutch nieuws (“news”), German Low German Neeis (“new things; news”), though, unlike the English word, those cognates originated as genitives, not as plurals. Sometimes erroneously claimed to be an acronym of "North, East, West, South" or "Noteworthy Events, Weather, Sports". (Can this etymology be sourced?)
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.
NEWS in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 13, 2 June 2026.
Built from these letters
NEWS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ENSW - 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.
Words that start NEWS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NEWS?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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