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CIRCUMFUSE

/sɝkəmˈfjuz/10 letters

Definition of CIRCUMFUSE

verb

To pour round; to spread round, as a fluid.

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Where it comes from

From circum- + fuse.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

verb2 syllablescompoundcircum-

Same root, CIRCUMFUSE · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

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

CIRCUMFUSE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 171
Its one board, across 171 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
153
First board
18
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.

First ever to find it

markcc

on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

CIRCUMFUSE
10
Letters
4
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

CIRCUMFUSE starts with C and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CCEFIMRSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. C and U appear more than once.

Words that start CIRCUM

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

CIRCUMCISECIRCUMDUCECIRCUMDUCTCIRCUMFLEXCIRCUMMURECIRCUMPOSECIRCUMVENTCIRCUMCISEDCIRCUMCISERCIRCUMCISESCIRCUMDUCEDCIRCUMDUCES

Could you have found CIRCUMFUSE?

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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.

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