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FATWAING
Definition of FATWAING
verb
present participle and gerund of fatwa
noun
A formal legal decree, opinion, or ruling issued by a mufti or other Islamic judicial authority.
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Word DNA
FATWAING inherits its ancestry from its root, FATWA.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
32nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.2%
of traced words share this origin (184)
branch · 0.2% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FATWA · 6 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.
FATWAING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 39 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FATWAING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AAFGINTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found FATWAING?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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