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FARDAGE
Definition of FARDAGE
noun
Scrap material, used to fill space and/or prevent goods from moving about during transport
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French fardage. See fardel.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,108)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FARDAGE · 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.
FARDAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 23, 12 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FARDAGE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEFGR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found FARDAGE?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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