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FESCUE
Definition of FESCUE
noun
A straw, wire, stick, etc., used chiefly to point out letters to children when learning to read.
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Where it comes from
Inherited from Middle English festu, from Old French festu (modern fétu), from Late Latin *festūcum, from Latin festūca (“stalk, stem, straw”).
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.
FESCUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 123 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 108, 5 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FESCUE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEFSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found FESCUE?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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