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FASTER
Definition of FASTER
adjective
comparative form of fast: more fast
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fast (“quick; quickly”) + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FAST · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FASTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FASTER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEFRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FASTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found FASTER?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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