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FARTHING
Definition of FARTHING
noun
A quarter of any monetary unit or measure.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English ferthing, from Old English fēorþing, fēorþung (“a quarter, fourth part, farthing”), from fēorþa (“fourth”), from Proto-Germanic *fedurþungaz (“a quarter”), probably influenced by Old Norse fjórðungr (“a fourth part, quarter”). Equivalent to fourth + -ing; compare English riding (“third part”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
14th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1%
of traced words share this origin (782)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FARTH · 3 relatives 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.
FARTHING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 64 boards so far. 254 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FARTHING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AFGHINRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FARTHI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found FARTHING?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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