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FIREMAN
Definition of FIREMAN
noun
Someone (especially male) who is skilled in the work of fighting fire.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fire + -man.
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.
FIREMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 34, 23 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FIREMAN starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEFIMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FIREMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found FIREMAN?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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