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FABULOUS
Definition of FABULOUS
adjective
Of or relating to fable, myth or legend.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Late Middle English fabulous, fabulose, from Latin fābulōsus (“celebrated in fable”); Equivalent to fable + -ous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FABULOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 144 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FABULOUS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ABFLOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start FABULO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found FABULOUS?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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