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NURSES
Definition of NURSES
noun
plural of nurse
noun
A person involved in providing direct care for the sick: Anyone performing this role, regardless of training or profession.
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Word DNA
NURSES inherits its ancestry from its root, NURSE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NURSE · 8 relatives 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.
NURSES 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 26 days.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
NURSES starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ENRSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found NURSES?
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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