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FONTANELLES
Definition of FONTANELLES
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
FONTANELLES inherits its ancestry from its root, FONTANELLE.
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% 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.
FONTANELLES 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 18 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FONTANELLES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEEFLLNNOST - 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 FONTANE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FONTANELLES?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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