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FESSING

7 letters

Definition of FESSING

verb

present participle and gerund of fess

FESS

verb

To confess; to admit.

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Word DNA

FESSING inherits its ancestry from its root, FESS.

How it is built

verb

Same root, FESS · 2 relatives in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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

FESSING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 170
Its one board, across 170 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
162
First board
8
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.

First ever to find it

alkan

on Day 162, 29 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FESSING
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

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

Could you have found FESSING?

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 162 - and most players walked straight past it.

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