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FADOMETERS
Definition of FADOMETERS
noun
plural of fadometer
noun
A device that irradiates materials in order to test the degree to which they fade from exposure to sunlight.
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Word DNA
FADOMETERS inherits its ancestry from its root, FADE.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,695)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FADE · 8 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.
FADOMETERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 166, 2 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FADOMETERS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEEFMORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Could you have found FADOMETERS?
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 166 - and most players walked straight past it.
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