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FIGWORT
Definition of FIGWORT
noun
Any of various woodland herbs and shrubs of the genus Scrophularia.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old English fīcwyrt, equivalent to fig + wort.
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.
FIGWORT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 49, 8 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 49, 8 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FIGWORT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read FGIORTW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found FIGWORT?
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 49 - and most players walked straight past it.
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