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NOMAD
Definition of NOMAD
noun
A member of a society or class who herd animals from pasture to pasture with no fixed home.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French nomade, from Latin Nomas (“wandering shepherd”), from Ancient Greek νομάς (nomás, “roaming, wandering, esp. to find pasture”), from Ancient Greek νομός (nomós, “pasture”). Compare Numidia.
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.
NOMAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 57 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
NOMAD starts with N and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADMNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start NOMAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found NOMAD?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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