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NUCLEATION
Definition of NUCLEATION
noun
The first stage of a phase transition in a small region.
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NUCLEATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 139, 6 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NUCLEATION starts with N and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACEILNNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start NUCLEA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NUCLEATION?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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