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NUTMEGS
Definition of NUTMEGS
noun
plural of nutmeg
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Word DNA
NUTMEGS inherits its ancestry from its root, NUTMEG.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, NUTMEG · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Old French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
NUTMEGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NUTMEGS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EGMNSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start NUTMEG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found NUTMEGS?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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