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FIBULA
Definition of FIBULA
noun
An ancient kind of brooch used to hold clothing together, similar in function to the modern safety pin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin fībula (“buckle, clasp, pin”). The bone is so named because the shape it makes with the tibia resembles a clasp, the fibula being the pin.
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.
FIBULA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 39 boards so far. 118 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 11, 31 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FIBULA starts with F and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ABFILU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FIBULA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found FIBULA?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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