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FASCINATOR
Definition of FASCINATOR
noun
A fascinating person or thing.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
FASCINATOR carries 4 further meanings.
noun
One that fascinates.
noun
A woman's headscarf.
noun
One who or that which fascinates.
noun
A fascinating person
Where it comes from
From fascinate + -or.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FASCINATOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 114 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FASCINATOR starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AACFINORST - 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.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found FASCINATOR?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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