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FAUVIST
Definition of FAUVIST
adjective
Of or pertaining to fauvism.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
FAUVIST carries 2 further meanings.
noun
An artist who used this style
noun
a member of a group of French painters who followed fauvism
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French fauviste.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,061)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FAUVIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 122 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FAUVIST starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read AFISTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FAUVIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 57
Could you have found FAUVIST?
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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.
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