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FAHLBAND
Definition of FAHLBAND
noun
A stratum in crystalline rock that contains metallic sulfides.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from German Fahlband.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- German
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,700)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FAHLBAND · 1 relative 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.
FAHLBAND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 148, 15 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FAHLBAND starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AABDFHLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found FAHLBAND?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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