The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FARTHINGALE
Definition of FARTHINGALE
noun
A hooped structure in cloth worn to extend the skirt of women's dresses; a hooped petticoat.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Hobson-Jobson of earlier forms vardingale, etc., borrowed from Middle French verdugale, from Spanish verdugado, from verdugo (“rod”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Spanish
- Middle French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
12th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.2%
of traced words share this origin (947)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FARTHINGALE · 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.
FARTHINGALE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 30 boards so far. 50 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FARTHINGALE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEFGHILNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start FARTHIN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 33
Could you have found FARTHINGALE?
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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER