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FISTULA
Definition of FISTULA
noun
An abnormal connection or passageway between organs or vessels that normally do not connect.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin fistula (“pipe, ulcer, catheter”). Doublet of fester.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,723)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FISTULA · 1 relative 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.
FISTULA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 99 boards so far. 698 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 12, 1 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FISTULA starts with F and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AFILSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FISTUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found FISTULA?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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