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FANLIGHT

/ˈfænˌlaɪt/8 letters

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).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

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.

Day 1Day 111
Its 2 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
107
First board
108
Latest board
1
Longest gap, days

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

dpsisquared

on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FANLIGHT
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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.

Words that start FANLIG

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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