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FAVOURITE
Definition of FAVOURITE
adjective
Most-liked. (In other words, [person]'s favorite [noun] = the [noun] that [person] likes the most.)
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Where it comes from
Attested from the 1580s, borrowed from Middle French favorit, from Old French favorit or Italian favorito (“favoured, favourite”), past participle of Italian favorire (“to favor”), from favore, from Latin favor (“good will, favor”), from the verb faveō (“to favour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂weh₁yeti (“to be favourable to”), from the root Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to shine, glow light”). Doublet of favori.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FAVOURITE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 28 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FAVOURITE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFIORTUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FAVOUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found FAVOURITE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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