The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FAUCAL
Definition of FAUCAL
adjective
Relating to the fauces, or opening of the throat; faucial.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Latin fauces (“throat”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FAUCAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 64, 23 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 38 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FAUCAL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACFLU - 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.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found FAUCAL?
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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