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FIDGE
Definition of FIDGE
verb
To fidget; jostle or shake.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Probably an assibilated form of Middle English fiken (“to jitter; move restlessly; hustle; flinch; hasten away”), perhaps related to Old English befician (“to deceive”) or from Old Norse fika (“to climb up nimbly, as a spider”), akin to Norwegian fika (“to strive after”), Swedish fika (“to strive for; hurry”). See also fike.
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.
FIDGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FIDGE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEFGI - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FIDGE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found FIDGE?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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