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FIDDLEY

7 letters

Definition of FIDDLEY

noun

The iron framework round the deck opening that leads to the stokehole of a steamer, usually covered by a grating of iron bars.

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

FIDDLEY in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 122
Its one board, across 122 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
76
First board
46
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 46 days.

First ever to find it

cabw

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FIDDLEY
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FIDDLEY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read DDEFILY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. D appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start FIDDLE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FIDDLEFIDDLEDFIDDLERFIDDLESFIDDLERSFIDDLEYSFIDDLEBACKFIDDLEHEADFIDDLENECKFIDDLEWOODFIDDLEBACKSFIDDLEDEDEE

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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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.

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