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FANCY
Definition of FANCY
noun
The imagination.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English fansy, fantsy, a contraction of fantasy, fantasye, fantasie, from Old French fantasie, from Medieval Latin fantasia, from Late Latin phantasia (“an idea, notion, fancy, phantasm”), from Ancient Greek φαντασία (phantasía), from φαντάζω (phantázō, “to render visible”), from φαντός (phantós, “visible”), from φαίνω (phaínō, “to make visible”); from the same root as φάος (pháos, “light”); ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti, from the root *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Doublet of fantasia, fantasy, phantasia, and phantasy.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FANCY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 78 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FANCY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ACFNY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FANCY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found FANCY?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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