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FAIRNESS

/ˈfɛə.nəs/8 letters

Definition of FAIRNESS

noun

The property of being fair or equitable.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English fairness, fæȝernesse, from Old English fæġernes (“fairness; beauty; pleasantness”), equivalent to fair + -ness. Cognate with Old High German fagarnessi (“fairness”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

FAIRNESS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

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Its one board, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
90
First board
12
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.

First found by a player on Day 90, 18 August 2026.

Built from these letters

FAIRNESS
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

FAIRNESS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEFINRSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.

Same letters, different word

2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

SANSERIFSERAFINS

Words that start FAIRNE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FAIRNESSES

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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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.

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