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NUANCE
Definition of NUANCE
noun
A minor distinction.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French nuance (“nuance, shade, hue”). Omitting several steps, from Latin nūbēs. Compare typologically Italian sfumatura (< Latin fūmus).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NUANCE · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Italian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NUANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.
Built from these letters
NUANCE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACENNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Could you have found NUANCE?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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