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FEWMET
Definition of FEWMET
noun
Alternative spelling of fumet (“deer dung”).
noun
A type of concentrated food stock that is added to sauces to enhance their flavour. Variations are fish fumet and mushroom fumet.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
FEWMET carries 3 further meanings.
noun
See fumet.
noun
See fumet.
noun
the droppings of an animal, by which the hunter identifies it
Where it comes from
Apparently from Anglo-Norman *fumets, from Latin fumāre (“it smokes, steams”). Attested since the fifteenth century. Compare fumet, apparently from French fumier (“dung”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Anglo-Norman
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FEWMET · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names French.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FEWMET in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 40 boards so far. 66 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 42, 1 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FEWMET starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EEFMTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found FEWMET?
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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