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FAROUCHE
Definition of FAROUCHE
adjective
Sullen or recalcitrant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French farouche.
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.
FAROUCHE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FAROUCHE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEFHORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found FAROUCHE?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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