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NOOGIES
Definition of NOOGIES
noun
plural of noogie, plural of noogy
noun
An act of putting a person in a headlock and rubbing one's knuckles on the other person's head, often a playful gesture of affection when done lightly.
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Word DNA
NOOGIES inherits its ancestry from its root, NOOGIE.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
18th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (167)
branch · 2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NOOGIE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NOOGIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 55, 14 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 55, 14 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NOOGIES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGINOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
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 55
Could you have found NOOGIES?
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 55 - and most players walked straight past it.
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