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FACIAL
Definition of FACIAL
adjective
Of or affecting the face.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Early 17th century, borrowed from Medieval Latin faciālis (“face-to-face, direct, open”), from faciēs (“form, configuration, figure; face, visage, countenance”) + -ālis (“-al”, adjectival suffix).
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.
FACIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 79, 7 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FACIAL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACFIL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FACIAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found FACIAL?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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