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FATUOUSLY
Definition of FATUOUSLY
adverb
With smug stupidity or vacuous silliness; idiotically.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Another sense
FATUOUSLY carries a second meaning.
adverb
vacuously or complacently and unconsciously foolish
Where it comes from
From fatuous + -ly.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
FATUOUSLY in a sentence
“Yet "Revolutionary Road" -- the name fatuously meant to imply that America's revolutionary promise withers and dies in the suburbs -- caught the reflexive attitudes of many readers.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FATUOUSLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 152 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FATUOUSLY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AFLOSTUUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of FATUOUSLY. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start FATUOU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found FATUOUSLY?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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