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FERROUS

/ˈfɛɹəs/7 letters

Definition of FERROUS

adjective

Of or containing iron.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From ferro- + -ous, from Latin ferreus directly or via French ferreux, from ferrum (“iron”) + -eus (“-ous: forming adjectives”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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

FERROUS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 124
Its one board, across 124 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

billferris

on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

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

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

FURORES

Could you have found FERROUS?

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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.

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