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FAUX
Definition of FAUX
adjective
Fake or artificial.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French faux. Doublet of false.
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 (4,125)
branch · 12.9% 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.
FAUX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 367 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 16, 5 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 16, 5 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FAUX starts with F and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read AFUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Words that start FAUX
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 16
Could you have found FAUX?
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 16 - and most players walked straight past it.
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