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FAMISH
Definition of FAMISH
verb
To starve (to death); to kill or destroy with hunger.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English famisshe, from famen (“starve”), from Old French afamer, ultimately from Latin famēs (“hunger”). Compare affamish, famine. Cognate with Spanish hambre (“hunger”).
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.
FAMISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FAMISH starts with F and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read AFHIMS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FAMISH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found FAMISH?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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