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FANAL
Definition of FANAL
noun
A lighthouse
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French fanal, from Ancient Greek φανάριον (phanárion).
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.
FANAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FANAL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AAFLN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found FANAL?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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