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FONDUE
Definition of FONDUE
noun
A dish made of melted cheese, or chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unadapted borrowing from French fondue (“melted”), from fondre (“to melt”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,160)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FONDUE · 3 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.
FONDUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 63 boards so far. 268 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 151, 18 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 7, 28 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FONDUE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEFNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FONDUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found FONDUE?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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