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NIGERS
Definition of NIGERS
Wiktionary has no entry for NIGERS itself. This is its base word, NIGER.
noun
An Ethiopian herb (Guizotia abyssinica), grown for its seed and edible oil.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for NIGER.
From the name of the Niger River, from Latin Nigris. See further etymology at Niger.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NIGER · 1 relative 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.
NIGERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First found by a player on Day 16, 5 June 2026.
Built from these letters
NIGERS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGINRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
7 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found NIGERS?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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