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NILGHAI
Definition of NILGHAI
noun
Alternative form of nilgai.
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Word DNA
NILGHAI inherits its ancestry from its root, NILGAI.
Line of descent
- Hindi
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
21st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (341)
branch · 1.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NILGAI · 11 relatives 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.
NILGHAI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.
First found by a player on Day 127, 24 September 2026.
Built from these letters
NILGHAI starts with N and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read AGHIILN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
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 NILGHA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NILGHAI?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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