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FASCIA
Definition of FASCIA
noun
A wide band of material covering the ends of roof rafters, sometimes supporting a gutter in steep-slope roofing, but typically it is a border or trim in low-slope roofing.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin fascia (“a band, bandage, swathe”). Related to fascēs (“bundle of rods containing an axe with the blade projecting”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰask- (“bundle, band”). Cognate with fajita, fess, and fascism.
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.
FASCIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 177 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FASCIA starts with F and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AACFIS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FASCIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found FASCIA?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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