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NURTURE

/ˈnɜːɹ.t͡ʃəɹ/7 letters

Definition of NURTURE

noun

The act of nourishing or nursing; tender care

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English norture, noriture, from Old French norriture, norreture, from Late Latin nutritura (“nourishment”), from Latin nutrire (“to nourish”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

NURTURE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 124
Its one board, across 124 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
90
First board
34
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.

First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.

Built from these letters

NURTURE
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

NURTURE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ENRRTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and R appear more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

UNTRUER

Words that start NURTUR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

NURTURALNURTUREDNURTURERNURTURESNURTURANTNURTURERSNURTURINGNURTURABLENURTURANCENURTURANCES

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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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.

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