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NUMBNESS
Definition of NUMBNESS
noun
Absent or reduced sensitivity to cutaneous stimulation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From numb + -ness.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
NUMBNESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 140, 7 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NUMBNESS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEMNNSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start NUMBNE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NUMBNESS?
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 140 - and most players walked straight past it.
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