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NIDOROUS
Definition of NIDOROUS
adjective
Emitting a strong, unpleasant odor, especially one like that of cooking fat or similar greasy substances.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nidor (“the unpleasant smell of some cooked animal substances”) + -ous, or from Medieval Latin nidorosus.
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.
NIDOROUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 75, 3 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NIDOROUS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DINOORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found NIDOROUS?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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