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NOYADE
Definition of NOYADE
noun
A murder by drowning, especially one of those carried out during the French Reign of Terror.
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Where it comes from
From French noyade.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,269)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NOYADE · 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.
NOYADE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NOYADE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADENOY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found NOYADE?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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