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FAVONIAN
Definition of FAVONIAN
adjective
Pertaining to the west wind.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin favōniānus, from Favōnius (“the West Wind”), which heralded the beginning of spring.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
32.5%
of traced words share this origin (8,639)
branch · 32.5% 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.
FAVONIAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FAVONIAN starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AAFINNOV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A and N appear more than once.
Could you have found FAVONIAN?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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