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FAMILIAR
Definition of FAMILIAR
adjective
Known to one, or generally known; commonplace.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English familiar, familier, from Latin familiāris (“pertaining to servants; pertaining to the household”). By surface analysis, family + -ar. Piecewise doublet of familial. Displaced native Old English hīwcūþ.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (25,613)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FAMILIAR · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FAMILIAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 88 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FAMILIAR starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AAFIILMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and I appear more than once.
Words that start FAMILI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found FAMILIAR?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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