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NYSTAGMUS
Definition of NYSTAGMUS
noun
Rapid and excessive involuntary eye movement, usually lateral.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
First attested in 1798. From New Latin nystagmus, from Ancient Greek νυσταγμός (nustagmós, “nodding, drowsiness”), from νυστάζω (nustázō, “nod, be sleepy”).
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.
NYSTAGMUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
NYSTAGMUS starts with N and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AGMNSSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Words that start NYSTAG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found NYSTAGMUS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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