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FANATICS
Definition of FANATICS
noun
plural of fanatic
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Word DNA
FANATICS inherits its ancestry from its root, FANATIC.
Line of descent
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,388)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FANATIC · 6 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FANATICS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 132 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FANATICS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACFINST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start FANATI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FANATICS?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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