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NIGHTS
Definition of NIGHTS
adverb
At night (during night-time, especially on a regular basis).
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English nightes, from Old English nihtes (“at night, by night”), equivalent to night + -s (adverbial genitive suffix). Cognate with Old Frisian nachtes, Old Saxon nahtes, German nachts (all “nights, at night”).
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.
NIGHTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
NIGHTS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read GHINST - 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 NIGHTS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found NIGHTS?
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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