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FICHED
Definition of FICHED
adjective
Alternative form of fitched.
FITCH · via fitched
noun
A polecat, such as the European polecat (Mustela putorius), the striped polecat, steppe polecat, or black-footed polecat of America.
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Word DNA
FICHED inherits its ancestry from its root, FITCH.
Line of descent
- Middle Dutch
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
19th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (489)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FITCH · 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.
FICHED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 19 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 155, 22 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FICHED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read CDEFHI - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found FICHED?
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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.
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