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NOOSPHERE
Definition of NOOSPHERE
noun
The sphere of human reason, thought, and consciousness, seen as a theoretical evolutionary stage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French noosphère, from Ancient Greek νόος (nóos, “mind, spirit”) + Ancient Greek σφαῖρα (sphaîra, “ball, globe”), developed and perhaps coined by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and Vladimir Vernadsky, in analogy to atmosphere, biosphere etc. By surface analysis, nous (“mind”) + -sphere.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NOOSPHERE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NOOSPHERE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEHNOOPRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start NOOSPH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found NOOSPHERE?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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