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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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,125)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
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 26 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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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