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FESTERING
Definition of FESTERING
noun
The condition of something that festers.
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Word DNA
FESTERING inherits its ancestry from its root, FESTER.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,888)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Its etymology also names Italian, Spanish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FESTERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 67 boards so far. 229 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FESTERING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EEFGINRST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start FESTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found FESTERING?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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