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NODDLES

7 letters

Definition of NODDLES

noun

plural of noddle

NODDLE

noun

The head; the part of the body of an animal or human which contains the brain, mouth and main sense organs.

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Word DNA

NODDLES inherits its ancestry from its root, NODDLE.

How it is built

noun

Same root, NODDLE · 3 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

NODDLES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 171
Its 3 boards, across 171 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
132
First board
152
Latest board
13
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 152, 19 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.

First ever to find it

gyudon_giovanni

on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

NODDLES
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

NODDLES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DDELNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start NODDLE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found NODDLES?

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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.

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