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FEWTER
Definition of FEWTER
noun
A support or holder for a spear, attached to a saddle or breastplate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English feuter, fewtre, from Old French feutre, from Medieval Latin filtrum, of Germanic origin. Doublet of filter.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,761)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FEWTER · 3 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.
FEWTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FEWTER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EEFRTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start FEWTER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FEWTER?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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