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NOMA
Definition of NOMA
noun
A gangrenous disease of humans leading to tissue destruction of the face, especially the mouth and cheek.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from New Latin noma from Latin nomē from Ancient Greek νομή (nomḗ, “spreading (of sores)”) from νέμω (némō, “feed, devour, spread (of sores)”).
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.
NOMA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 65, 24 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 37 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NOMA starts with N and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AMNO - 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.
Words that start NOMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found NOMA?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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