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FENNEC
Definition of FENNEC
noun
A small fox of the species Vulpes zerda, found in the Sahara (excluding the coast) and having distinctive oversized ears.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French fennec, from Arabic فَنَك (fanak).
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.
FENNEC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 22 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FENNEC starts with F and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEEFNN - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and N appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found FENNEC?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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