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NITPICKY
Definition of NITPICKY
adjective
Finicky; overly critical; concerned with insignificant details.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nitpick + -y.
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.
NITPICKY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 50, 9 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 52 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 32, 21 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NITPICKY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CIIKNPTY - 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 32
Could you have found NITPICKY?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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