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NILTAVAS
Definition of NILTAVAS
noun
plural of niltava
noun
Any of the birds in the genus Niltava, found in the China, Southeast Asia and South Asia.
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Word DNA
NILTAVAS inherits its ancestry from its root, NILTAVA.
How it is built
Same root, NILTAVA · 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.
NILTAVAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 28 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NILTAVAS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAILNSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A 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.
Could you have found NILTAVAS?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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