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FEBRIFEROUS
Definition of FEBRIFEROUS
adjective
Causing fever.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin febris (“fever”) + -ferous.
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
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% 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.
FEBRIFEROUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 151, 18 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 151, 18 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FEBRIFEROUS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEEFFIORRSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F, E and R appear more than once.
Could you have found FEBRIFEROUS?
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 151 - and most players walked straight past it.
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