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NOWT
Definition of NOWT
pronoun
Naught, nothing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Dialectal pronunciation of naught. Akin to West Frisian neat (“nothing”), German nichts (“nothing”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, NOWT · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NOWT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 51 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NOWT starts with N and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read NOTW - 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.
Words that start NOWT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found NOWT?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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