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NOCTIVAGOUS
Definition of NOCTIVAGOUS
adjective
Wandering or active at night
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin noctivagus, from nox, noctis + vagus (“wandering”).
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.
NOCTIVAGOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 59, 18 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 59, 18 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NOCTIVAGOUS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACGINOOSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start NOCTIVA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 59
Could you have found NOCTIVAGOUS?
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 59 - and most players walked straight past it.
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