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FETICIDAL
Definition of FETICIDAL
adjective
Killing a fetus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From feticide + -al or fetus + -icidal.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FETICIDE · 5 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FETICIDAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FETICIDAL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDEFIILT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found FETICIDAL?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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