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FJORDS
Definition of FJORDS
noun
plural of fjord
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Word DNA
FJORDS inherits its ancestry from its root, FJORD.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,769)
How it is built
Same root, FJORD · 4 relatives in the game
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FJORDS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 23 boards so far. 104 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 11, 31 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 158, 25 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FJORDS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DFJORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses J - among the least common letters in written English.
Also seen on Day 11
Could you have found FJORDS?
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 11 - and most players walked straight past it.
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