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FACULA
Definition of FACULA
noun
A bright spot or patch between sunspots.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin facula (“little torch”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,888)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FACULA · 2 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.
FACULA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 74, 2 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 74, 2 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FACULA starts with F and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACFLU - 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.
Could you have found FACULA?
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 74 - and most players walked straight past it.
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