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FARRIER
Definition of FARRIER
noun
A person who maintains the health and balance of horses' feet through the trimming of the hoofs and fitting of horseshoes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French ferrier, from Old French ferrier, from Latin ferrārius, from ferrum (“iron”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- Middle French
- English
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FARRIER · 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.
FARRIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 12 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FARRIER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEFIRRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FARRIE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FARRIER?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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