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NONCARDIAC
Definition of NONCARDIAC
adjective
Not cardiac. Not in or related to the heart.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From non- + cardiac.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NONCARDIAC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NONCARDIAC starts with N and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACCDINNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N, C and A appear more than once.
Words that start NONCAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NONCARDIAC?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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