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FAINEANCES

/ˈfeɪni.əns/10 letters

Definition of FAINEANCES

Wiktionary has no entry for FAINEANCES itself. This is its base word, FAINEANCE.

noun

The state or quality of being faineant.

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Where it comes from

The origin recorded for FAINEANCE.

Alteration of faineant.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun3 syllables

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FAINEANCES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 175
Its one board, across 175 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
145
First board
30
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 30 days.

First ever to find it

belladimples1

on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FAINEANCES
10
Letters
5
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

FAINEANCES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEEFINNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A, N and E appear more than once.

Words that start FAINEA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FAINEANTFAINEANCEFAINEANCYFAINEANTSFAINEANCIESFAINEANTISE

Could you have found FAINEANCES?

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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.

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