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FIRESTONE
Definition of FIRESTONE
noun
Iron pyrite, formerly used for striking fire.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English firestone, firstan, fyrestane, fyyr stone, from Old English fȳrstān, equivalent to fire + stone.
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.
FIRESTONE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 71, 30 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 71, 30 July 2026.
Built from these letters
FIRESTONE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EEFINORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FIREST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FIRESTONE?
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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