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NICETY
Definition of NICETY
noun
A small detail or distinction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English nicetee, from Old French niceté (“simpleness, foolishness”), from nice (“simple, foolish”); equivalent to nice + -e- + -ty.
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.
NICETY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NICETY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CEINTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found NICETY?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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