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FABE

/ˈfeɪb/4 letters

Definition of FABE

adjective

Fantastic; great.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Probably an expansion of fab.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

adjective1 syllable

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

FABE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 158
Its 2 boards, across 158 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
151
First board
157
Latest board
6
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

sarahkeappock

on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FABE
4
Letters
2
Vowels
2
Consonants
4
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FABE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEF - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start FABE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FABE?

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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.

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