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FAENA
Definition of FAENA
noun
A series of passes performed by a matador with a muleta or a sword before the kill.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Spanish faena. Doublet of hacienda and fazenda.
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.
FAENA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 100, 28 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 100, 28 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FAENA starts with F and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAEFN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found FAENA?
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 100 - and most players walked straight past it.
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