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NOSY
Definition of NOSY
adjective
Prying, inquisitive or curious in other’s affairs; tending to snoop or meddle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nose + -y (adjectival suffix), or from nose + -y (diminutive suffix).
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.
NOSY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 104, 1 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NOSY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read NOSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found NOSY?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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