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FESTOONERY
Definition of FESTOONERY
noun
That which is festooned; hanging ornamentation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From festoon + -ery.
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.
FESTOONERY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 43, 2 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 43, 2 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
FESTOONERY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read EEFNOORSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and O appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FESTOO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 43
Could you have found FESTOONERY?
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 43 - and most players walked straight past it.
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