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FAIRYLIKE
Definition of FAIRYLIKE
adjective
Resembling or characteristic of a fairy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fairy + -like.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FAIRYLIKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FAIRYLIKE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFIIKLRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FAIRYL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found FAIRYLIKE?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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