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NUMMULITE
Definition of NUMMULITE
noun
A protozoan from the Tertiary period, known only as fossils.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French nummulite, and its source, Latin nummulus (“little coin”); and from scientific Latin Nummulites (genus name). By surface analysis, numm(us) + -ule + -ite.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,072)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NUMMULITE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NUMMULITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. The most recent board was Day 167, 3 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NUMMULITE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EILMMNTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and M appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start NUMMUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NUMMULITE?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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