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NOYAU
Definition of NOYAU
noun
A French liqueur made at Poissy in north central France from brandy and flavoured with almonds and the pits of apricots.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French noyau, from Middle French noyau, from Old French noel, from either Early Medieval Latin nōdellus (“buckle”) or Late Latin nucālis (“nut-like”). Doublet of newel and noil.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NOYAU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 85, 13 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NOYAU starts with N and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read ANOUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found NOYAU?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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