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FONDLER
Definition of FONDLER
noun
One who fondles.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fondle + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FONDLER · 1 relative 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.
FONDLER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 21 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FONDLER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEFLNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FONDLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found FONDLER?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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