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FOINS
Definition of FOINS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of foin
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Word DNA
FOINS inherits its ancestry from its root, FOIN.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FOIN · 2 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.
FOINS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 54, 13 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 54, 13 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOINS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FINOS - 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 54
Could you have found FOINS?
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 54 - and most players walked straight past it.
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