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NIGHTCAPS
Definition of NIGHTCAPS
noun
plural of nightcap
noun
A warm cloth cap worn while sleeping, often with pajamas, being common attire in northern Europe before effective home heating became widespread.
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Word DNA
NIGHTCAPS inherits its ancestry from its root, NIGHTCAP.
How it is built
Same root, NIGHTCAP · 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.
NIGHTCAPS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 89, 17 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NIGHTCAPS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACGHINPST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 NIGHTC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NIGHTCAPS?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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