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FABRICATES
Definition of FABRICATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of fabricate
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Word DNA
FABRICATES inherits its ancestry from its root, FABRICATE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FABRICATE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FABRICATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FABRICATES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AABCEFIRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start FABRIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found FABRICATES?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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