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NIXTAMAL
Definition of NIXTAMAL
noun
Hominy; maize kernels which have undergone nixtamalization, that is, hulling and soaking and cooking in an alkaline solution.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Mexican Spanish nixtamal, from Classical Nahuatl nextamalli (“hominy”), from nextli (“ashes, lime”) + tamalli (“something wrapped”).
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.
NIXTAMAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 122, 19 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 122, 19 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NIXTAMAL starts with N and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAILMNTX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found NIXTAMAL?
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 122 - and most players walked straight past it.
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