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FAULTIEST

9 letters

Definition of FAULTIEST

adjective

superlative form of faulty: most faulty

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FAULTIEST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 111
Its one board, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
106
First board
5
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

jabraham

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FAULTIEST
9
Letters
4
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

FAULTIEST starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AEFILSTTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T 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.

Words that start FAULTI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FAULTIERFAULTILYFAULTINGFAULTINGSFAULTINESSFAULTINESSES

Could you have found FAULTIEST?

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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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