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FACTORS
Definition of FACTORS
noun
plural of factor
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Word DNA
FACTORS inherits its ancestry from its root, FACTOR.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,457)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FACTOR · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FACTORS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 81, 9 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 61 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FACTORS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACFORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 FACTOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found FACTORS?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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