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FOETID
Definition of FOETID
adjective
Alternative spelling of fetid.
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Another sense
FOETID carries a second meaning.
adjective
offensively malodorous
“the kitchen smelled really funky”
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FOETID · 2 relatives in the game
FOETID in a sentence
“Uses "foetid," spelling from the wrong branch of English, and I don't know why he lets this fog into the text.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FOETID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 74 boards so far. 205 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 26, 15 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOETID starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEFIOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FOETID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found FOETID?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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