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FETID
Definition of FETID
adjective
Foul-smelling, stinking.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin fētidus (“having offensive odour”), originally fēteō (“to stink”).
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.
FETID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 62 boards so far. 497 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 21, 10 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FETID starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEFIT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FETID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found FETID?
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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