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NODDIEST
Definition of NODDIEST
Wiktionary has no entry for NODDIEST itself. This is its base word, NODDY.
noun
A silly or stupid person; a fool, an idiot.
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Where it comes from
The origin recorded for NODDY.
Noun sense 1 is possibly from nod (“to incline the head up and down; to gradually fall asleep”) + -y (suffix forming diminutive nouns or familiar names); or a shortening of noddypoll, an obsolete alteration of hoddypoll (“fumbling, inept person”). The origin of noun sense 2 is uncertain; it is possibly derived from sense 1. Compare muggins (“fool, idiot; card game based on building in suits or matching exposed cards, the object being to get rid of one’s cards”). The origin of the adjective is uncertain; it is possibly also from nod (verb) + -y (suffix meaning ‘of or relating to’ forming adjectives). The verb is derived from noun sense 1.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Latin.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NODDIEST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NODDIEST starts with N and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read DDEINOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start NODDIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NODDIEST?
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