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NUGATORY
Definition of NUGATORY
adjective
Trivial, trifling or of little importance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin nūgātōr (“jester”) + English -y (“adjectival suffix”). Borrowed from Latin nūgātōrius, from nūgātor m (“jester”) + -ius (“suffix forming adjectives”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NUGATORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NUGATORY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AGNORTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found NUGATORY?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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