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FAVUS
Definition of FAVUS
noun
A severe, chronic infection of ringworm.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin favus (“honeycomb”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FAVUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FAVUS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AFSUV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FAVUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found FAVUS?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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