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NOUN
Definition of NOUN
noun
A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English noun, from Anglo-Norman noun, non, nom, from Latin nōmen (“name; noun”). The grammatical sense in Latin was a semantic loan from Koine Greek ὄνομα (ónoma). Doublet of name and nomen.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NOUN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 111, 8 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 111, 8 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NOUN starts with N and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read NNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start NOUN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NOUN?
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 111 - and most players walked straight past it.
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