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FADO
Definition of FADO
noun
A Portuguese folk song, usually featuring a single vocalist, Portuguese guitar and sometimes classical guitar. Lyrical themes are often melancholic in nature; the structure of the song is of greater importance.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Portuguese fado (“fate”), from Latin fātum. Doublet of fate.
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.
FADO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 37, 26 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FADO starts with F and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read ADFO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FADO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found FADO?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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