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FASCES
Definition of FASCES
noun
A Roman symbol of judicial authority consisting of a bundle of wooden sticks, with an axe blade embedded in the centre; used also as a symbol of fascism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin fascēs (plural of fascis).
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.
FASCES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FASCES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEFSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.
Could you have found FASCES?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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