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FONDUES
Definition of FONDUES
noun
plural of fondue
noun
A dish made of melted cheese, or chocolate etc., or of a boiling liquid into which food can be dipped.
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Word DNA
FONDUES inherits its ancestry from its root, FONDU.
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,108)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FONDU · 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.
FONDUES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 46 boards so far. 134 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FONDUES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEFNOSU - 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 FONDUES?
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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