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FADOMETER
Definition of FADOMETER
noun
A device that irradiates materials in order to test the degree to which they fade from exposure to sunlight.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fade + -ometer.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FADOMETER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 142, 9 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FADOMETER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ADEEFMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start FADOME
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FADOMETER?
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 142 - and most players walked straight past it.
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