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NIPA
Definition of NIPA
noun
A palm tree of the species Nypa fruticans.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Malay nipah.
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.
NIPA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 56, 15 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 111, 8 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 56, 15 July 2026.
Built from these letters
NIPA starts with N and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AINP - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 56
Could you have found NIPA?
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 56 - and most players walked straight past it.
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