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FATLING
Definition of FATLING
noun
A young animal (especially a calf or lamb) which has been fattened for slaughter.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fat + -ling.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FAT · 12 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.
FATLING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FATLING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AFGILNT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found FATLING?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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