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NOVACULITES
Definition of NOVACULITES
noun
plural of novaculite
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Word DNA
NOVACULITES inherits its ancestry from its root, NOVACULITE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NOVACULITE · 1 relative 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.
NOVACULITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NOVACULITES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEILNOSTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found NOVACULITES?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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