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NYSTAGMIC
Definition of NYSTAGMIC
adjective
Exhibiting or pertaining to nystagmus (involuntary eye movement).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From nystagmus + -ic.
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.
NYSTAGMIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 52, 11 July 2026.
Built from these letters
NYSTAGMIC starts with N and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACGIMNSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start NYSTAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found NYSTAGMIC?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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