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FAILSON
Definition of FAILSON
noun
An incompetent, unsuccessful middle- or upper-class man who is protected from economic duress by his family's wealth or influence.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compound of fail + son.
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.
FAILSON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 122, 19 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 122, 19 September 2026.
Built from these letters
FAILSON starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AFILNOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found FAILSON?
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 122 - and most players walked straight past it.
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