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FIERCE
Definition of FIERCE
adjective
Exceedingly violent, severe, ferocious, cruel or savage.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English fers, fiers, borrowed from Old French fers (“wild", "ferocious”), nominative of fer, from Latin ferus (“wild", "untamed”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FIERCE · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FIERCE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 37 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 27, 16 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FIERCE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEEFIR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start FIERCE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found FIERCE?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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