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FADGE
Definition of FADGE
verb
To be suitable (with or to something).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unknown. According to Chambers, from Old English fēġan (“to join or fit together”); Liberman suggests a Middle English variant of fagot (“bundle of sticks”). Compare also Old English feċġan (“to seize, take hold, bring to”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- Old English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
7.6%
of traced words share this origin (2,235)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FADGE · 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.
FADGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FADGE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ADEFG - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found FADGE?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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