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NUISANCE
Definition of NUISANCE
noun
A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English noysaunce, from Anglo-Norman nusaunce, nussance and Old French nuisance, from nuisir (“to harm”), from Latin nocēre. Doublet of nocence and nocency.
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.
NUISANCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NUISANCE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEINNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start NUISAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NUISANCE?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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