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FASCINATED

/ˈfæsɪneɪtɪd/10 letters

Definition of FASCINATED

verb

simple past and past participle of fascinate

FASCINATE

verb

To evoke an intense interest or attraction in someone.

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Word DNA

FASCINATED inherits its ancestry from its root, FASCINATE.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.6%

of traced words share this origin (24,861)

Italic

branch · 30.6% of traced words

How it is built

verb4 syllablescompound-ate

Same root, FASCINATE · 3 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FASCINATED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 37 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 164
Its 37 boards, across 164 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
37
Boards found on
25
First board
163
Latest board
22
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.

Built from these letters

FASCINATED
10
Letters
4
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FASCINATED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AACDEFINST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.

Words that start FASCIN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FASCINEFASCINEDFASCINESFASCINATEFASCINATESFASCINATORFASCINATINGFASCINATIONFASCINATIVEFASCINATORSFASCINATIONSFASCINATINGLY

Could you have found FASCINATED?

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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.

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