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FISSURE
Definition of FISSURE
noun
A long, narrow crack or opening made by breaking or splitting, especially in rock or earth.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English fissure, from Old French fissure, from Latin fissūra (“a cleft, chink”), from findō (“to cleave, split, divide”) + -tūra (nominal suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,817)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FISSURE · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FISSURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 152 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 90, 18 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 90, 18 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FISSURE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFIRSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FISSUR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FISSURE?
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 90 - and most players walked straight past it.
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