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NOONER
Definition of NOONER
noun
A sexual encounter during lunch hour, especially one which is illicit.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From noon + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, NOON · 3 relatives 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.
NOONER 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
NOONER starts with N and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ENNOOR - 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 NOONER?
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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