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FOCI
Definition of FOCI
noun
plural of focus
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Word DNA
FOCI inherits its ancestry from its root, FOCUS.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FOCUS · 7 relatives 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.
FOCI in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 74 boards so far. 420 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 24, 13 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FOCI starts with F and ends with I. Sorted, its letters read CFIO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 24
Could you have found FOCI?
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 24 - and most players walked straight past it.
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