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FIRMAN
Definition of FIRMAN
noun
a royal decree issued by a sovereign in certain historical Islamic states, especially by the Sultan of the Ottoman Empire.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish فرمان (fermân), from Classical Persian فرمان (farmān, “command, order, decree”).
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.
FIRMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FIRMAN starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AFIMNR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found FIRMAN?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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