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NOUVEAU
Definition of NOUVEAU
adjective
New, fashionable.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French nouveau. Recognized as English in 1828. Doublet of novel.
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.
NOUVEAU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
NOUVEAU starts with N and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read AENOUUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found NOUVEAU?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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