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FANGED
Definition of FANGED
adjective
Equipped with fangs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fang + -ed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FANG · 9 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.
FANGED in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 145 days.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FANGED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEFGN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found FANGED?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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