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FARADS
Definition of FARADS
noun
plural of farad
noun
In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical capacitance; the capacitance of a capacitor in which one coulomb of charge causes a potential difference of one volt across the capacitor.
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Word DNA
FARADS inherits its ancestry from its root, FARAD.
How it is built
Same root, FARAD · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FARADS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FARADS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADFRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found FARADS?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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