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FANCYWORK
Definition of FANCYWORK
noun
Ornamental (as opposed to plain or reparative) work in needlework, knitting or similar handicrafts; decorative embroidery.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fancy + work.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FANCYWORK · 1 relative 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.
FANCYWORK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 98, 26 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 98, 26 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
FANCYWORK starts with F and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ACFKNORWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found FANCYWORK?
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 98 - and most players walked straight past it.
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