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NICHED
Definition of NICHED
adjective
In a niche.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From niche + -ed.
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.
NICHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 51, 10 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 84, 12 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First found by a player on Day 51, 10 July 2026.
Built from these letters
NICHED starts with N and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEHIN - 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.
Also seen on Day 51
Could you have found NICHED?
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 51 - and most players walked straight past it.
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