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FALSEWORK
Definition of FALSEWORK
noun
A temporary framework used in the building of bridges and arched structures in order to hold items in place until the structure is able to support itself.
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Where it comes from
From false + work.
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.
FALSEWORK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 87 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FALSEWORK starts with F and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AEFKLORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FALSEW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FALSEWORK?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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