The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FANKS
Definition of FANKS
noun
plural of fank
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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.
FANKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 50, 9 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 52 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 50, 9 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FANKS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AFKNS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 50
Could you have found FANKS?
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 50 - and most players walked straight past it.
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