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FEND
Definition of FEND
verb
To take care of oneself; to take responsibility for one's own well-being.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English fenden (“defend, fight, prevent”), shortening of defenden (“defend”), from Old French deffendre (Modern French défendre), from Latin dēfendō (“to ward off”), from dē- + *fendō (“hit, thrust”), from Proto-Italic *fendō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰen- (“strike, kill”).
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.
FEND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FEND starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEFN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FEND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found FEND?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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