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FATHOMS
Definition of FATHOMS
noun
plural of fathom
noun
A man's armspan, generally reckoned to be six feet (about 1.8 metres). Later used to measure the depth of water, but now generally replaced by the metre outside American usage.
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Word DNA
FATHOMS inherits its ancestry from its root, FATHOM.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,343)
How it is built
Same root, FATHOM · 7 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FATHOMS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 42 boards so far. 118 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FATHOMS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AFHMOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FATHOM
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found FATHOMS?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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