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FAUNULAE

8 letters

Definition of FAUNULAE

noun

plural of faunula

FAUNULE · via faunula

noun

A thin stratum of animal fossils

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Word DNA

How it is built

noun

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FAUNULAE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 159
Its 3 boards, across 159 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
79
First board
141
Latest board
46
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.

First ever to find it

gsk

on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FAUNULAE
8
Letters
5
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

FAUNULAE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AAEFLNUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and U appear more than once.

Words that start FAUNUL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FAUNULAE?

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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.

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