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NITROSO
Definition of NITROSO
noun
The univalent radical and functional group -N=O
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Ultimately from Latin nitrōsus. Doublet of nitrous.
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.
NITROSO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NITROSO starts with N and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read INOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start NITROS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NITROSO?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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