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FAIR
Definition of FAIR
adjective
Beautiful, of a pleasing appearance, with a pure and fresh quality.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English fayr, from Old English fæġer (“beautiful”), from Proto-West Germanic *fagr, from Proto-Germanic *fagraz (“appropriate, fitting, nice, suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂ḱ- (“to attach, join; agreement, settlement”). Cognate with Old High German and Old Saxon fagar (“beautiful, fair”), Danish fager, favr (“fair, pretty, wonderful”), Faroese and Icelandic fagur (“beautiful, fair”), Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fager (“fair, pretty”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌲𐍂𐍃 (fagrs, “fair, proper”), Estonian vapper (“brave, courageous”), Finnish vauras (“substantial, wealthy”); also Latin pāx (“peace; ease, quiet, rest”), Umbrian pase (“peace”), Belarusian пе́кны (pjékny, “beautiful”), Czech pěkný (“nice; pretty”), Polish piekny, piękny (“beautiful; admirable, praiseworthy”), Slovak pekný (“nice; pretty”), Sanskrit पाश॑ (pā́śa, “bond, cord, noose; nature, outer world; border, edge, selvage”). See also peace.
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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.
FAIR in OUTLIER
It has fitted 41 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FAIR starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AFIR - 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.
Words that start FAIR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FAIR?
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