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FEOFF

/fiːf/5 letters

Definition of FEOFF

noun

A fief.

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Where it comes from

Alternative form of fief, related to Anglo-Norman feoffer. Compare Latin feodum.

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Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Anglo-Norman
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Anglo-Norman

Deepest traced root

27th

of 58 source languages in OUTLIER

0.4%

of traced words share this origin (101)

Romance

branch · 15.4% of traced words

How it is built

noun1 syllable

Same root, FEOFF · 4 relatives in the game

Its etymology also names Latin.

Every Anglo-Norman word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FEOFF in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 141
Its one board, across 141 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
134
First board
7
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First ever to find it

wachy26

on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FEOFF
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

FEOFF starts with F and ends with F. Sorted, its letters read EFFFO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start FEOFF

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FEOFFSFEOFFEDFEOFFEEFEOFFERFEOFFORFEOFFEESFEOFFERSFEOFFINGFEOFFORSFEOFFMENTFEOFFMENTS

Could you have found FEOFF?

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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.

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