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FOISON

/ˈfɔɪzən/6 letters

Definition of FOISON

noun

An abundance, a rich supply of.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English foisoun, from Old French foison, from Latin fūsiōnem. Doublet of fusion.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. Old French
  3. Middle English
  4. English

3 recorded generations before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (26,450)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, FOISON · 1 relative in the game

Every Latin word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

FOISON in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 178
Its 20 boards, across 178 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
20
Boards found on
33
First board
178
Latest board
36
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 33, 22 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 178, 14 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

comixPATRON

on Day 33, 22 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FOISON
6
Letters
3
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

FOISON starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read FINOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start FOISON

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FOISON?

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 33 - and most players walked straight past it.

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