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FOCUSES

/ˈfəʊ.kə.sɪz/7 letters

Definition of FOCUSES

noun

plural of focus

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Rarity score
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Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FOCUSES in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 118
Its one board, across 118 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
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Boards found on
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First board
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Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First found by a player on Day 118, 15 September 2026.

Built from these letters

FOCUSES
7
Letters
3
Vowels
4
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FOCUSES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEFOSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once.

Same letters, different word

One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.

FUCOSES

Words that start FOCUSE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FOCUSES?

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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.

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