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FECAL

/ˈfiːkəl/5 letters

Definition of FECAL

adjective

Of or relating to feces.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle French fecal, from Latin faex, equivalent to feces + -al.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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Tier
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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.

FECAL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 105 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 120
Its 45 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
45
Boards found on
8
First board
120
Latest board
10
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 8, 29 May 2026.

Built from these letters

FECAL
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FECAL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACEFL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

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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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.

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