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NIELLOS
Definition of NIELLOS
noun
plural 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.
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Word DNA
NIELLOS inherits its ancestry from its root, NIELLO.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,318)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NIELLO · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NIELLOS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 166, 2 November 2026.
Built from these letters
NIELLOS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EILLNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use 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 NIELLOS?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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