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NOUSLE
Definition of NOUSLE
verb
Obsolete spelling of nuzzle.
NUZZLE
verb
To push or thrust (the nose or snout, face or muzzle, or head, or an object) against or into something. To rub or touch (someone or something) with the nose, face, etc., or an object.
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Word DNA
NOUSLE inherits its ancestry from its root, NUZZLE.
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (5,144)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NUZZLE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NOUSLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 97 days.
Built from these letters
NOUSLE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ELNOSU - 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.
Could you have found NOUSLE?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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