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NULLS

/nʌlz/5 letters

Definition of NULLS

noun

plural of null

NULL

noun

A non-existent or empty value or set of values.

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Word DNA

NULLS inherits its ancestry from its root, NULL.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Middle French
  3. English

2 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

32.9%

of traced words share this origin (9,181)

Italic

branch · 32.9% of traced words

How it is built

noun1 syllable

Same root, NULL · 2 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

NULLS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 139
Its one board, across 139 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
131
First board
8
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

captainskye

on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

NULLS
5
Letters
1
Vowels
4
Consonants
4
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

NULLS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read LLNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.

Could you have found NULLS?

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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.

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