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NITWIT
Definition of NITWIT
noun
A scatterbrained or stupid person.
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Where it comes from
First attested in the 1910s in the US Northeast. Likely from German nit, dialect form of nichts (“nothing”), or Yiddish ניט (nit), dialect form of נישט (nisht, “no”), although some dictionaries give the alternative etymology nit (“louse egg; something very small”) + wit.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NITWIT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NITWIT starts with N and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read IINTTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I and T appear more than once.
Words that start NITWIT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NITWIT?
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