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FARINACEOUS
Definition of FARINACEOUS
adjective
Made from, or rich in, starch or flour.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin farinaceus (“relating to, or made from, flour”), derived from Latin farīna (“flour, meal”). By surface analysis, farin(a) + -aceous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FARINACEOUS · 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.
FARINACEOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FARINACEOUS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AACEFINORSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found FARINACEOUS?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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