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FACADES
Definition of FACADES
noun
plural of facade
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Word DNA
FACADES inherits its ancestry from its root, FACADE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FACADE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FACADES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FACADES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACDEFS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found FACADES?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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