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NIFE
Definition of NIFE
noun
The innermost layers or core of the Earth, composed chiefly of nickel and iron.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Coined by Eduard Suess in 1909, in Das Antlitz der Erde, as a blend of translingual Ni (nickel) + Fe (iron).
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.
NIFE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 78, 6 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 78, 6 August 2026.
Built from these letters
NIFE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFIN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start NIFE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NIFE?
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 78 - and most players walked straight past it.
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