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FISTULAR
Definition of FISTULAR
adjective
Tubelike; resembling a hollow cylinder.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
FISTULAR carries 4 further meanings.
Fistulous.
adjective
Hollow and cylindrical, like a pipe or reed.
adjective
Tube-like; resembling a hollow cylinder; like a pipe; (or having parts of this form).
adjective
hollow and tube-shaped like a reed
Where it comes from
From fistula + -ar.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
FISTULAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 58 boards so far. 150 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FISTULAR starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read AFILRSTU - 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 36
Could you have found FISTULAR?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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