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NONCRITICAL
Definition of NONCRITICAL
adjective
Not critical. Especially, synonym of noncrucial. Uncritical.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From non- + critical.
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.
NONCRITICAL 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 38 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
NONCRITICAL starts with N and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACCIILNNORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N, C and I appear more than once.
Could you have found NONCRITICAL?
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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