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FOETAL
Definition of FOETAL
adjective
Alternative spelling of fetal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From foetus + -al, the former from Latin foetus, alternative form of fētus, and the latter from Latin -alis.
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.
FOETAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 31 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 41, 30 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FOETAL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEFLOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found FOETAL?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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