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FETISH
Definition of FETISH
noun
Something which is believed to possess, contain, or cause spiritual or magical powers; an amulet or a talisman.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French fétiche, from Portuguese feitiço, from Latin factīcius (“artificial”). Doublet of factitious.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Portuguese
- French
- English
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
Same root, FETISH · 18 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.
FETISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 56 boards so far. 157 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FETISH starts with F and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read EFHIST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FETISH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found FETISH?
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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