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NOCUOUS
Definition of NOCUOUS
adjective
Likely to cause harm or damage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Ultimately from Latin nocuus (“harmful”).
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.
NOCUOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 115, 12 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NOCUOUS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CNOOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and U appear more than once.
Words that start NOCUOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found NOCUOUS?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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