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NOES
Definition of NOES
noun
plural of no
NO
symbol
ISO 639-1 language code for Norwegian.
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Word DNA
NOES inherits its ancestry from its root, NO.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,856)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NO · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch, Old Norse, Scots.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NOES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NOES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ENOS - 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 60
Could you have found NOES?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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