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NORI
Definition of NORI
noun
A type of seaweed, a red alga, laver (genus Pyropia, including species P. yezoensis and P. tenera).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Japanese 海苔(のり) (nori), ultimately from Proto-Japonic *nǝri. The kanji literally mean "ocean moss", although this does not represent actual etymology as they are jukujikun (熟字訓).
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.
NORI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NORI starts with N and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read INOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
4 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start NORI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found NORI?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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