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NIZAM
Definition of NIZAM
noun
The hereditary sovereign of Hyderabad, a former state of India.
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Where it comes from
From Urdu نظام (nizām) and its source, Persian نظام (nezâm), short for نظام الملک (nezâm el-malek, “a ruler of the realm”).
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.
NIZAM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 55 days.
First found by a player on Day 68, 27 July 2026.
Built from these letters
NIZAM starts with N and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read AIMNZ - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses Z - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start NIZAM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NIZAM?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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