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NICTITATE

/ˈnɪktɪteɪ̯t/9 letters

Definition of NICTITATE

verb

to wink or blink

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Back-formation from nictitating.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

NICTITATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 106
Its one board, across 106 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

sage

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

NICTITATE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

NICTITATE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEIINTTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and T appear more than once.

Words that start NICTIT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

NICTITANTNICTITATEDNICTITATESNICTITATINGNICTITATION

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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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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