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FERMATE

/fərˈmɑːteɪ/7 letters

Definition of FERMATE

noun

plural of fermata

FERMATA

noun

The holding of a note or rest for longer than its usual duration.

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Word DNA

FERMATE inherits its ancestry from its root, FERMATA.

Line of descent

  1. Italian
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Italian

Deepest traced root

10th

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

1.7%

of traced words share this origin (1,348)

Romance

branch · 12.8% of traced words

How it is built

noun3 syllables

Same root, FERMATA · 2 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

FERMATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 5 boards so far.

Day 1Day 162
Its 5 boards, across 162 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
5
Boards found on
90
First board
157
Latest board
59
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

relfal

on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FERMATE
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FERMATE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEFMRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start FERMAT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FERMATE?

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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