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NUTCASE
Definition of NUTCASE
noun
An eccentric or odd person.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nut + case. Compare headcase, mental case etc.
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.
NUTCASE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
NUTCASE starts with N and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACENSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start NUTCAS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NUTCASE?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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