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NIECE
Definition of NIECE
noun
A daughter of one’s sibling, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law; either the daughter of one's brother ("fraternal niece"), or of one's sister ("sororal niece").
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Where it comes from
From Middle English nece (“niece, granddaughter”), from Old French nece (“niece, granddaughter”) (Modern French nièce (“niece”)) from Late Latin neptia, representing Latin neptis (“granddaughter”), from Proto-Indo-European *néptih₂ (“granddaughter, niece”). Doublet of nift.
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.
NIECE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 3, 24 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 3, 24 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NIECE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 3
Could you have found NIECE?
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 3 - and most players walked straight past it.
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