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FIGURE
Definition of FIGURE
noun
A drawing or diagram conveying information.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English figure, borrowed from Old French figure, from Latin figūra (“form, shape, form of a word, a figure of speech, Late Latin a sketch, drawing”), from fingō (“to form, shape, mold, fashion”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰeyǵʰ- (“to mold, shape, form, knead”). Cognate with Ancient Greek τεῖχος (teîkhos), Sanskrit देग्धि (dégdhi), Old English dāg (“dough”). More at dough. Doublet of figura.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,554)
How it is built
Same root, FIGURE · 10 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Ancient Greek, Old English, Sanskrit.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FIGURE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 3 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 2, 23 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FIGURE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFGIRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FIGURE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 2
Could you have found FIGURE?
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 2 - and most players walked straight past it.
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