The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
NOVICIATE
Definition of NOVICIATE
noun
Alternative form of novitiate.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, NOVICIATE · 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.
NOVICIATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NOVICIATE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEIINOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Could you have found NOVICIATE?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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