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NITPICKER
Definition of NITPICKER
noun
One who nitpicks (finds fault in unimportant details).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nitpick + -er.
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.
NITPICKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 14, 3 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 14, 3 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NITPICKER starts with N and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CEIIKNPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start NITPIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 14
Could you have found NITPICKER?
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 14 - and most players walked straight past it.
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