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NIGER
Definition of NIGER
noun
An Ethiopian herb (Guizotia abyssinica), grown for its seed and edible oil.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the name of the Niger River, from Latin Nigris. See further etymology at Niger.
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.
NIGER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 46 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
NIGER starts with N and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EGINR - 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.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found NIGER?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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