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NITRIDE
Definition of NITRIDE
noun
A compound of nitrogen where nitrogen has an oxidation state of −3.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nitr(ogen) + -ide.
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.
NITRIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 50, 9 July 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
NITRIDE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEIINRT - 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 NITRID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found NITRIDE?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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