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FELL
Definition of FELL
verb
To make something fall; especially a tree.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English fellen, from Old English fellan, fiellan (“to cause to fall, strike down, fell, cut down, throw down, defeat, destroy, kill, tumble, cause to stumble”), from Proto-West Germanic *fallijan, from Proto-Germanic *fallijaną (“to fell, to cause to fall”), causative of Proto-Germanic *fallaną (“to fall”), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂peh₃lH-. Cognate with Dutch vellen (“to fell, cut down”), German fällen (“to fell”), Danish fælde (“to fell”), Norwegian felle (“to fell”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
9%
of traced words share this origin (2,616)
How it is built
Same root, FELL · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Norwegian.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FELL in OUTLIER
It has fitted 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 146, 13 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FELL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read EFLL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FELL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FELL?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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