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FAUCIAL
Definition of FAUCIAL
adjective
Pertaining to the fauces; pharyngeal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From (the stem of) Latin faucēs + -al.
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.
FAUCIAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 76 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FAUCIAL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AACFILU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found FAUCIAL?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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