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FAUVETTE
Definition of FAUVETTE
noun
Any of a number of small songbird, such as nightingales or warblers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French fauvette, diminutive of fauve (“fawn-coloured”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,160)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FAUVETTE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FAUVETTE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 138, 5 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 138, 5 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FAUVETTE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEFTTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and T appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found FAUVETTE?
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 138 - and most players walked straight past it.
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