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FAULTING
Definition of FAULTING
verb
present participle and gerund of fault
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Word DNA
FAULTING inherits its ancestry from its root, FAULT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FAULT · 11 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Middle Dutch, Old English, Old Norse, Portuguese, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FAULTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FAULTING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AFGILNTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FAULTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found FAULTING?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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