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NIELLO
Definition of NIELLO
noun
Any of various black metal alloys, made of sulphur with copper, silver or lead, used to create decorative designs on other metals.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian niello, from Latin nigellus (“blackish”).
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.
NIELLO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NIELLO starts with N and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read EILLNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start NIELLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NIELLO?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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