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FICTIONARY

/ˈfɪkʃəˌnɛɹi/10 letters

Definition of FICTIONARY

adjective

Fictional.

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Where it comes from

From fiction + -ary.

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Word DNA

How it is built

adjective4 syllablescompound-ary

Same root, FICTION · 6 relatives in the game

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.

FICTIONARY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 4 boards so far.

Day 1Day 164
Its 4 boards, across 164 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
4
Boards found on
143
First board
155
Latest board
5
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 143, 10 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First found by a player on Day 143, 10 October 2026.

Built from these letters

FICTIONARY
10
Letters
4
Vowels
6
Consonants
9
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start FICTIO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FICTIONFICTIONSFICTIOUSFICTIONALFICTIONEERFICTIONISEFICTIONISTFICTIONIZEFICTIONALLYFICTIONEERSFICTIONISEDFICTIONISES

Could you have found FICTIONARY?

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 143 - and most players walked straight past it.

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