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FAUCHON
Definition of FAUCHON
noun
Obsolete form of falchion.
noun
A somewhat curved, single-edged medieval sword of European origin, with the cutting edge on its convex side, whose design is reminiscent of the Persian scimitar and the Chinese dao.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French fauchon, from Old French fauchon (cognate with Italian falcione), from Vulgar Latin *falciōnem, from Latin falx. See also -on.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,478)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FAUCHON · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Italian.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FAUCHON in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 136, 3 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FAUCHON starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read ACFHNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found FAUCHON?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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