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FALX
Definition of FALX
noun
A short Dacian sword resembling a sickle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
FALX carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A sickle-shaped anatomical structure.
noun
A metal implement, of a form suitable for a pruning-hook, sometimes found among ancient remains.
noun
In anatomy, something which is falcate or falciform; specifically, a fold of the dura mater separating parts of the brain. See falx cerebri and falx cerebelli, below.
noun
In herpetology, one of the poison-fangs of a serpent: so called from its shape: generally used in the plural.
Where it comes from
From Latin falx (“sickle”). Doublet of dalk.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
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.
FALX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 109 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 65, 24 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FALX starts with F and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read AFLX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found FALX?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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