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FAILURE
Definition of FAILURE
noun
State or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, opposite of success. A condition in which a specified organ does not function well enough to support life.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Anglo-Norman failer, from Old French faillir (“to fail”). Equivalent to fail + -ure.
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.
FAILURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 4, 25 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 4, 25 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FAILURE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFILRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 4
Could you have found FAILURE?
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 4 - and most players walked straight past it.
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