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FECULENT

/ˈfɛkjʊlənt/8 letters

Definition of FECULENT

adjective

Dirty with faeces or other impurities

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle French feculent, from Latin faeculentus, from faex.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
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.

FECULENT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 60 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 22 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
22
Boards found on
27
First board
102
Latest board
27
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

sneezy

on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FECULENT
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start FECULE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FECULENCEFECULENCYFECULENCESFECULENCIES

Could you have found FECULENT?

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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.

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