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FEATURES

/ˈfiːtʃəz/8 letters

Definition of FEATURES

verb

third-person singular simple present indicative of feature

FEATURE

noun

One's structure or make-up: form, shape, bodily proportions.

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Word DNA

FEATURES inherits its ancestry from its root, FEATURE.

Line of descent

  1. Proto-Indo-European
  2. Latin
  3. Old French
  4. Anglo-Norman
  5. Middle English
  6. English

5 recorded generations before English.

Proto-Indo-European

Deepest traced root

2nd

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

14.3%

of traced words share this origin (11,293)

How it is built

verb2 syllables

Same root, FEATURE · 5 relatives in the game

Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FEATURES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 160
Its 14 boards, across 160 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
14
Boards found on
34
First board
147
Latest board
22
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

nicheniche

on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FEATURES
8
Letters
4
Vowels
4
Consonants
7
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

FEATURES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEFRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start FEATUR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FEATUREFEATUREDFEATURELYFEATURINGFEATURETTEFEATURINGSFEATURELESSFEATURETTES

Could you have found FEATURES?

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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.

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