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FERULACEOUS
Definition of FERULACEOUS
adjective
Pertaining to reeds and canes.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin ferulaceus, from ferula (“rod”). Compare French férulacé.
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.
FERULACEOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 115, 12 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 115, 12 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FERULACEOUS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACEEFLORSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and U appear more than once.
Could you have found FERULACEOUS?
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 115 - and most players walked straight past it.
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