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FANTOCCINI
Definition of FANTOCCINI
noun
Puppets caused to enact dramatic scenes by means of machinery.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Italian fantoccini, diminutive from fante (“child”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Italian
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
10th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.9%
of traced words share this origin (548)
branch · 15.4% 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.
FANTOCCINI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 139, 6 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 140, 7 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 139, 6 October 2026.
Built from these letters
FANTOCCINI starts with F and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read ACCFIINNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N, C and I appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found FANTOCCINI?
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 139 - and most players walked straight past it.
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