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FATHEAD
Definition of FATHEAD
noun
An idiot; a fool.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fat + head.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FATHEAD · 2 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.
FATHEAD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 61, 20 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 61, 20 July 2026.
Built from these letters
FATHEAD starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADEFHT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start FATHEA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FATHEAD?
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 61 - and most players walked straight past it.
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