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FASHION
Definition of FASHION
noun
A current (constantly changing) trend, favored for frivolous rather than practical, logical, or intellectual reasons.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English facioun, from Anglo-Norman fechoun (compare Jersey Norman faichon), variant of Old French faceon, fazon, façon (“fashion, form, make, outward appearance”), from Latin factiō (“a making”), from faciō (“do, make”); see fact. Doublet of faction.
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.
FASHION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FASHION starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AFHINOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FASHIO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found FASHION?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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