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NIVEOUS

/ˈnɪvi.əs/7 letters

Definition of NIVEOUS

adjective

Snowy; resembling snow.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin niveus, from nix (“snow”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

NIVEOUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 95
Its 14 boards, across 95 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
14
Boards found on
17
First board
94
Latest board
32
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

winnerjuliana

on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

NIVEOUS
7
Letters
4
Vowels
3
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
3
Longest vowel run

NIVEOUS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EINOSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

Could you have found NIVEOUS?

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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.

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