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FOETICIDAL
Definition of FOETICIDAL
adjective
Alternative form of feticidal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From foeticide + -al or foetus + -icidal.
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.
FOETICIDAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 45, 4 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 45, 4 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOETICIDAL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ACDEFIILOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FOETIC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 45
Could you have found FOETICIDAL?
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 45 - and most players walked straight past it.
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