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NIXTAMALS
Definition of NIXTAMALS
noun
plural of nixtamal
noun
Hominy; maize kernels which have undergone nixtamalization, that is, hulling and soaking and cooking in an alkaline solution.
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Word DNA
NIXTAMALS inherits its ancestry from its root, NIXTAMAL.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
39th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (126)
branch · 0.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NIXTAMAL · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NIXTAMALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 144, 11 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 170, 6 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 144, 11 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NIXTAMALS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AAILMNSTX - 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 NIXTAMALS?
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 144 - and most players walked straight past it.
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