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FIDO
Definition of FIDO
noun
A coin that is defective, having been incorrectly minted, often prized by collectors.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
An acronym of the words freaks, irregulars, defects, oddities, from the 1960s.
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.
FIDO in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FIDO starts with F and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read DFIO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found FIDO?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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