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FANTASIA
Definition of FANTASIA
noun
A form of instrumental composition with a free structure and improvisational characteristics; specifically, one combining a number of well-known musical pieces.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Italian fantasia (“imagination, fancy, fantasy; improvisational song”), from Latin phantasia (“fancy, fantasy; imagination”), borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰσῐ́ᾱ (phăntăsĭ́ā, “appearance; presentation; pageantry; perception; image”), see that entry for further details. Doublet of fancy, fantasy, phantasia, and phantasy.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
- Ancient Greek
- Latin
- Italian
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
12.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,266)
branch · 12.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FANTASIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 127, 24 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 127, 24 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FANTASIA starts with F and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAAFINST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start FANTAS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FANTASIA?
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 127 - and most players walked straight past it.
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