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FIBRIL

/ˈfaɪbɹ(ə)l/6 letters

Definition of FIBRIL

noun

A fine fibre or filament.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin fibrilla, diminutive of Latin fibra. Doublet of fibrilla. Compare fibre.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (23,914)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, FIBRIL · 1 relative in the game

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FIBRIL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 18 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
18
Boards found on
33
First board
151
Latest board
24
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.

First ever to find it

magnetschool

on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FIBRIL
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FIBRIL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read BFIILR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.

Words that start FIBRIL

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FIBRILSFIBRILARFIBRILLAFIBRILLAEFIBRILLARFIBRILLINFIBRILLARYFIBRILLATEFIBRILLINSFIBRILLOSEFIBRILLOUSFIBRILLATED

Could you have found FIBRIL?

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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.

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