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FAULTIER
Definition of FAULTIER
adjective
comparative form of faulty: more faulty
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FAULTIER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 36 boards so far. 47 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 18, 7 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 18, 7 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FAULTIER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AEFILRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FAULTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 18
Could you have found FAULTIER?
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 18 - and most players walked straight past it.
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