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FETA
Definition of FETA
noun
A variety of curd cheese made from sheep’s or goat’s milk and originating from Greece.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Greek φέτα (féta), from Italian fetta (“slice”).
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.
FETA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FETA starts with F and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AEFT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FETA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found FETA?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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