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NURSERY
Definition of NURSERY
noun
A place where nursing (“breastfeeding”) or the raising of children is carried on. Especially in European countries: a room or area in a household set apart for the care of children. An institution for small children who not yet have begun primary school during daytime (when their parents work); a daycare centre.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English noricerie, norserye (“children's nursery; state of being fostered or nursed; education, upbringing”) [and other forms], from Old French norricerie, nourricerie, from norrice, nourrice (modern French nourrice (“childminder, nanny; wet nurse”)) + -erie (suffix forming feminine nouns). Norrice and nourrice are derived from Late Latin nūtrīcia (“wet nurse”), from Latin nūtrīcius (“that nurses or suckles; nourishing”), from nūtriō (“to breastfeed, nurse, suckle”), possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)neh₂- (“to flow”). The English word may be analysed as nourice, nurse + -ery (suffix forming nouns meaning ‘place of’).
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NURSERY 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 19 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
NURSERY starts with N and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ENRRSUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start NURSER
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