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FELONOUS
Definition of FELONOUS
adjective
Evil, wicked.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English felenous(e), felenows, fellenouse, felonous(e), felonows(e), felonus, from Old French feloneus. By surface analysis, felon (“an evil or wicked person”) + -ous.
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.
FELONOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 17, 6 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FELONOUS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFLNOOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 17
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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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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