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NOEL
Definition of NOEL
noun
A kind of hymn, or canticle, of mediaeval origin, sung in honor of the birth of Christ; a Christmas carol.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English nowel, from Anglo-Norman noel, Middle French noel, a variant of nael, from Latin adjective nātālis (“natal, having to do with birth”).
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.
NOEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 97, 25 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NOEL starts with N and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ELNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found NOEL?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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