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NODUS
Definition of NODUS
noun
A difficulty.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin nōdus (“a knot”). Doublet of knot, knout, and node.
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.
NODUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 32, 21 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 70, 29 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First found by a player on Day 32, 21 June 2026.
Built from these letters
NODUS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DNOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 32
Could you have found NODUS?
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 32 - and most players walked straight past it.
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