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FACSIMILE
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).
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.
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 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.
Also seen on Day 7
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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