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FACEPLATE
Definition of FACEPLATE
noun
A removable protective shield separating the inner workings of a machine from operator and observer.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compound of face + plate.
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.
FACEPLATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 95, 23 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FACEPLATE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACEEFLPT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and E appear more than once.
Words that start FACEPL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FACEPLATE?
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 95 - and most players walked straight past it.
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