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FITCHY
Definition of FITCHY
adjective
Sharpened to a point; pointed.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French fiché, past participle of ficher (“to fasten”), Old French fichier (“to pierce”). Compare fish.
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.
FITCHY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 38, 27 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 38, 27 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FITCHY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read CFHITY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 38
Could you have found FITCHY?
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 38 - and most players walked straight past it.
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