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FOMITES
Definition of FOMITES
noun
plural of fomes
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FOMITES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 42 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 20, 9 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 20, 9 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOMITES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFIMOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 20
Could you have found FOMITES?
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 20 - and most players walked straight past it.
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