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FANLIGHT
Definition of FANLIGHT
noun
A semicircular or semioval window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of ribs; sometimes hinged to the transom.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fan + light (“window; source of illumination”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FANLIGHT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FANLIGHT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AFGHILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found FANLIGHT?
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 107 - and most players walked straight past it.
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