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FATE
Definition of FATE
noun
The presumed cause, force, principle, or divine will that predetermines events.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English fate, from Latin fāta (“prediction”), plural of fātum, from fātus (“spoken”), from for (“to speak”). In this sense, displaced native Old English wyrd, whence Modern English weird.
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.
FATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 114 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FATE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FATE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found FATE?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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