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NIBLET

/ˈnɪblət/6 letters

Definition of NIBLET

noun

A kernel of corn, usually from a can.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From nib + -let.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound-let

Same root, NIBLET · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

NIBLET in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 174
Its 2 boards, across 174 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
166
First board
169
Latest board
3
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 169, 5 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

melfiamme

on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

NIBLET
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

NIBLET starts with N and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read BEILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start NIBLET

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found NIBLET?

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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.

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