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NODICAL
Definition of NODICAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to the nodes of an orbiting body (such as the moon)
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From node + -ical.
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.
NODICAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
Built from these letters
NODICAL starts with N and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDILNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found NODICAL?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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