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FATSIA
Definition of FATSIA
noun
Any of the genus Fatsia of Asian evergreen shrubs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From the genus name, New Latin Fatsia.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FATSIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 75, 3 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 75, 3 August 2026.
Built from these letters
FATSIA starts with F and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AAFIST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FATSIA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FATSIA?
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 75 - and most players walked straight past it.
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