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FICTIOUS
Definition of FICTIOUS
adjective
Fictitious.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From ficti(on) + -ous, as if Latin *fictiōsus, from fictiō.
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.
FICTIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 125, 22 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FICTIOUS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CFIIOSTU - 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.
Could you have found FICTIOUS?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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