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FELID
Definition of FELID
noun
Any member of the cat family (Felidae).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
By surface analysis, an appellativization from Felid(ae) minus -ae (a pattern that recurs with many -idae names); by surface analysis, feline + -id.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FELID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 96, 24 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FELID starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEFIL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
3 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found FELID?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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