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COLORFAST
Definition of COLORFAST
adjective
Having colors that have been dyed or applied to the material in a way that will prevent them from being washed out, running, or fading.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From color + fast. Compare West Frisian kleurfêst (“colourfast”), Dutch kleurvast (“colourfast”).
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.
COLORFAST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 114, 11 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
COLORFAST starts with C and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACFLOORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start COLORF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found COLORFAST?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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