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NOONTIDE
Definition of NOONTIDE
noun
Midday, noon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English non-tyde, from Old English nōntīd (“noontide”), equivalent to noon + tide.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,167)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NOONTIDE · 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.
NOONTIDE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 159, 26 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NOONTIDE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEINNOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start NOONTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NOONTIDE?
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 159 - and most players walked straight past it.
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