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NUCLEARS
Definition of NUCLEARS
Wiktionary has no entry for NUCLEARS itself. This is its base word, NUCLEAR.
adjective
Pertaining to the nucleus of an atom.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for NUCLEAR.
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.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NUCLEAR · 6 relatives 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.
NUCLEARS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 163, 30 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 163, 30 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NUCLEARS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACELNRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses 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.
Could you have found NUCLEARS?
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