The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FISTLE
Definition of FISTLE
verb
To rustle; to make a slight rustling (or whistling sound).
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FISTLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FISTLE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFILST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
5 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FISTLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FISTLE?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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