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FERRIC
Definition of FERRIC
adjective
Pertaining to, derived from, or containing iron.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin ferricus, from ferrum (“iron”).
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.
FERRIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 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
FERRIC starts with F and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read CEFIRR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FERRIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FERRIC?
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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