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FOMENT
Definition of FOMENT
verb
To incite or cause troublesome acts; to encourage; to instigate.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English fomenten, a borrowing from Old French fomenter, from Late Latin fōmentāre, from Latin fōmentum (“lotion”), from fovēre (“heat, cherish”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FOMENT · 4 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.
FOMENT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 79 boards so far. 493 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FOMENT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read EFMNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FOMENT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found FOMENT?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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