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FILAMENTARY
Definition of FILAMENTARY
adjective
Of, pertaining to, containing or resembling a filament or filaments.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From filament + -ary.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FILAMENT · 4 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.
FILAMENTARY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 71, 30 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FILAMENTARY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AAEFILMNRTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start FILAMEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FILAMENTARY?
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 71 - and most players walked straight past it.
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