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FEARED
Definition of FEARED
adjective
Pertaining to someone or thing that causes great fear in others.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English fard, feard, ferd, ferde, fered, equivalent to fear + -ed.
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.
FEARED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FEARED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEFR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found FEARED?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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