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FILS
Definition of FILS
adjective
Used after a proper name that is common to a father and his son to indicate that the son is being referred to rather than the father.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French fils (“son”).
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.
FILS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FILS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FILS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found FILS?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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