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FEINT
Definition of FEINT
noun
A movement made to confuse an opponent; a dummy.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The noun is borrowed from French feinte (“dummy, feint”), from feindre (“to fake, feign”), from Old French feindre, faindre, from Latin fingere, the present active infinitive of fingō (“to alter the truth to deceive, dissemble, feign, pretend; to fashion, form, shape”). The verb is derived from the noun.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FEINT · 4 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.
FEINT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 62 boards so far. 132 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FEINT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EFINT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FEINT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found FEINT?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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