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FALLACY
Definition of FALLACY
noun
Deceptive or false appearance; that which misleads the eye or the mind.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English fallaci, fallace, fallas, from Old French fallace (whence -acy), from Latin fallācia (“deception, deceit”), from fallāx (“deceptive, deceitful”), from fallere (“to deceive”).
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.
FALLACY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FALLACY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AACFLLY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FALLAC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FALLACY?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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