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FECES
Definition of FECES
noun
Digested waste material (typically solid or semi-solid) discharged from a human or other mammal's stomach to the intestines.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin faecēs, nominative plural of faex (“residue, dregs”), further origin unknown; possibly borrowed from a substrate language.
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
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,330)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FECES · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FECES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 62 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 31, 20 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FECES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEFS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found FECES?
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 31 - and most players walked straight past it.
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