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FABURDEN
Definition of FABURDEN
noun
A kind of counterpoint with a drone bass.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French faux bourdon. See false, and burden (“a verse”).
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.
FABURDEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 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 18, 7 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FABURDEN starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ABDEFNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found FABURDEN?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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