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NODE
Definition of NODE
noun
A knot, knob, protuberance or swelling.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English node, borrowed from Latin nōdus. Doublet of knot, knout, and nodus.
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.
NODE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 33 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 38, 27 June 2026.
Built from these letters
NODE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DENO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found NODE?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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