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NUCLEAR
Definition of NUCLEAR
adjective
Pertaining to the nucleus of an atom.
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Where it comes from
From Latin nū̆cleus, a contraction of the adjective nuculeus, masculine of feminine nuculea (“pertaining to a small nut”) from nucula + adjectival suffix -eus, -ea, -eum. The Latin nucula + -āris adds up to nuculāris, a term that in English becomes nucular; the Latin nuculea + -āris, becomes Latin nuculeāris (“relative to what pertains to small nut”), later contracted into nuclear. By surface analysis, nucleus + -ar. Compare muscle and Latin mūsculus; muscular and mūsculāris.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NUCLEAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 60 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
NUCLEAR starts with N and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACELNRU - 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 NUCLEA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found NUCLEAR?
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