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FANTASTIC
Definition of FANTASTIC
adjective
Wonderful; marvelous; excellent; extraordinarily good or great (used especially as an intensifier).
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French fantastique, borrowed from Late Latin phantasticus, borrowed from Ancient Greek φᾰντᾰστῐκός (phăntăstĭkós, “imaginary, fantastic; fictional”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine”). Equivalent to fantasy + -tic. Doublet of fantastique.
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Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,259)
How it is built
Same root, FANTASTIC · 3 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FANTASTIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 138, 5 October 2026.
Built from these letters
FANTASTIC starts with F and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read AACFINSTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and T appear more than once.
Words that start FANTAS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FANTASTIC?
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