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NUCHAE
Definition of NUCHAE
noun
plural of nucha
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Word DNA
NUCHAE inherits its ancestry from its root, NUCHA.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,343)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NUCHA · 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.
NUCHAE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NUCHAE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEHNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found NUCHAE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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