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FACSIMILE

/fækˈsɪm.ə.li/9 letters

Definition of FACSIMILE

noun

A copy or reproduction.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Latin fac simile (“make like”), from fac (“make”) (imperative of facere (“make”)) + simile (neuter of similis (“like, similar”)).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FACSIMILE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 134 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 100
Its 36 boards, across 100 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
36
Boards found on
7
First board
96
Latest board
7
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.

Built from these letters

FACSIMILE
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FACSIMILE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEFIILMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start FACSIM

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FACSIMILEDFACSIMILESFACSIMILIST

Could you have found FACSIMILE?

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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.

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