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FIRMWARES
Definition of FIRMWARES
Wiktionary has no entry for FIRMWARES itself. This is its base word, FIRMWARE.
noun
A permanent form of software that provides a low-level control of computing device hardware.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for FIRMWARE.
From firm + -ware. Coined in an article in 1967 as an intermediary term between hardware and software.
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.
FIRMWARES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FIRMWARES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEFIMRRSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Could you have found FIRMWARES?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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