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NOVELISTIC
Definition of NOVELISTIC
adjective
Having characteristics of a novel.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From novelist + -ic.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NOVELISTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NOVELISTIC starts with N and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEIILNOSTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start NOVELI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 54
Could you have found NOVELISTIC?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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