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FETOR
Definition of FETOR
noun
An unpleasant smell.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin fētor.
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.
FETOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FETOR starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EFORT - 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.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found FETOR?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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