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FAUCES
Definition of FAUCES
noun
The narrow passage from the mouth to the pharynx, situated between the soft palate and the base of the tongue.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowing from Latin faucēs (“the upper part of a 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.
FAUCES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FAUCES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEFSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found FAUCES?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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