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NOTARY
Definition of NOTARY
noun
A lawyer of noncontentious private civil law who drafts, takes, and records legal instruments for private parties, and provides legal advice, but does not appear in court on his or her clients' behalf.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English notarie, from Old French notarie (French notaire), from Latin notārius.
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.
NOTARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 53, 12 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 53, 12 July 2026.
Built from these letters
NOTARY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ANORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start NOTARY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 53
Could you have found NOTARY?
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 53 - and most players walked straight past it.
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