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NOSES
Definition of NOSES
noun
plural of nose
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Word DNA
NOSES inherits its ancestry from its root, NOSE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
9.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,360)
How it is built
Same root, NOSE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Latin, Norwegian, Russian, Sanskrit, Swedish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NOSES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.
Built from these letters
NOSES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ENOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found NOSES?
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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.
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