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NOONED
Definition of NOONED
verb
simple past and past participle of noon
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Word DNA
NOONED inherits its ancestry from its root, NOON.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NOON · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, Norwegian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NOONED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NOONED starts with N and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DENNOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found NOONED?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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