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FANUMS
Definition of FANUMS
Wiktionary has no entry for FANUMS itself. This is its base word, FANUM.
noun
The site of an Ancient Roman temple or shrine.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for FANUM.
Borrowed from Latin fānum (“shrine”). Doublet of fane.
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.
FANUMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
Built from these letters
FANUMS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AFMNSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found FANUMS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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