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NUMEROUS
Definition of NUMEROUS
determiner
An indefinite large number of.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English numerous from Latin numerōsus (“numerous, abundant; harmonious”), from numerus (“number”). Doublet of numerose. Analyzeable as numero- + -ous.
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.
NUMEROUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
NUMEROUS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EMNORSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start NUMERO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found NUMEROUS?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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