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FECK
Definition of FECK
noun
Effect, value; vigor.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Scots, aphetic form of effect.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Scots
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
22nd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
0.5%
of traced words share this origin (136)
branch · 22.3% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FECK · 3 relatives 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.
FECK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 113 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 31, 20 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 31, 20 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FECK starts with F and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read CEFK - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FECK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 31
Could you have found FECK?
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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