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FATHERLAND
Definition of FATHERLAND
noun
The country of one's ancestors.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From father + land. Compare Dutch vaderland (“fatherland”), German Vaterland (“fatherland”), Danish fædreland (“fatherland”), Icelandic föðurland (“fatherland”). Does not continue Middle English fæderland, from Old English fæderland. First attested in the 1620s.
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.
FATHERLAND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FATHERLAND starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADEFHLNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start FATHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found FATHERLAND?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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