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FIMBRIA
Definition of FIMBRIA
noun
A series of threads or other projections resembling a fringe. An individual thread in a fimbria, especially a fingerlike projection around the ovarian end of the Fallopian tube.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Late Latin fimbria (“a border, fringe”), from Latin fimbriae (“fibers, threads, fringe”). Doublet of fringe.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,643)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FIMBRIA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 39, 28 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 143, 10 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 39, 28 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FIMBRIA starts with F and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read ABFIIMR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FIMBRI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 39
Could you have found FIMBRIA?
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 39 - and most players walked straight past it.
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