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NEWT
Definition of NEWT
noun
A small lizard-like amphibian in the subfamily Pleurodelinae that lives in the water as an adult.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English newte, newete, from rebracketing of Middle English an ewte as a newte (for similar misdivisions compare adder, nickname, apron, umpire, etc.). Middle English evete, eute, euete, ewte (“newt”), derives from Old English efete (“lizard; newt”). Doublet of eft.
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.
NEWT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 45 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 105, 2 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
NEWT starts with N and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ENTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found NEWT?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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