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FERMENT
Definition of FERMENT
verb
To react, using fermentation; especially to produce alcohol by aging or by allowing yeast to act on sugars; to brew.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English ferment, from Middle French ferment, from Latin fermentāre (“to leaven, ferment”), from fermentum (“substance causing fermentation”), possibly from contraction of *fervimentum, from fervēre. See also fervent.
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.
FERMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 85 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FERMENT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEFMNRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start FERMEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found FERMENT?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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