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FAIRYHOODS
Definition of FAIRYHOODS
Wiktionary has no entry for FAIRYHOODS itself. This is its base word, FAIRYHOOD.
noun
The state or period of being a fairy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for FAIRYHOOD.
From fairy + -hood.
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.
FAIRYHOODS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 72, 31 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FAIRYHOODS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADFHIOORSY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found FAIRYHOODS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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