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NOMES
Definition of NOMES
noun
plural of nome
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NOMES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NOMES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EMNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found NOMES?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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