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FACT
Definition of FACT
noun
Something actual as opposed to invented.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French fact, from Latin factum (“an act, deed, feat, etc.”); also Medieval Latin for “state, condition, circumstance”; neuter of factus (“done or made”), perfect passive participle of faciō (“do, make”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- (“to put, place, set”). Old/Middle French later evolved it into faict and fait. Doublet of feat.
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.
FACT in OUTLIER
It has fitted 81 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FACT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ACFT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FACT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found FACT?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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