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FASTIDIOUS
Definition of FASTIDIOUS
adjective
Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin fastīdiōsus (“passive: that feels disgust, disdainful, scornful, fastidious; active: that causes disgust, disgusting, loathsome”), from fastīdium (“a loathing, aversion, disgust, niceness of taste, daintiness, etc.”), perhaps for *fastutidium, from fastus (“disdain, haughtiness, arrogance, disgust”) + taedium (“disgust”). Cf. French fastidieux.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FASTIDIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FASTIDIOUS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADFIIOSSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S and I appear more than once.
Words that start FASTID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FASTIDIOUS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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