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FAILS
Definition of FAILS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of fail
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FAILS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 92, 20 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FAILS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AFILS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found FAILS?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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