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FONTANELLE
Definition of FONTANELLE
noun
A soft membraneous spot on the head of a baby due to incomplete fusion of the cranial bones.
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Where it comes from
Borrowed from French fontanelle, from Old French fontenelle, a diminutive of fontaine (“fountain, spring”) + -elle, from Late Latin fontāna, from Latin fontānus, from font- + -ānus. By surface analysis, font + -an + -elle.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (24,176)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FONTANELLE · 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.
FONTANELLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First found by a player on Day 145, 12 October 2026.
Built from these letters
FONTANELLE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEFLLNNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N, E and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FONTAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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