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FAUN
Definition of FAUN
noun
A woodland creature with pointed ears, legs, and short horns of a goat and a fondness for unrestrained revelry.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English fawn, from Latin faunus.
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.
FAUN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 34 boards so far. 64 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 5, 26 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 5, 26 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FAUN starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AFNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FAUN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 5
Could you have found FAUN?
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 5 - and most players walked straight past it.
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