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FONTANGE
Definition of FONTANGE
noun
A headdress popular among aristocrats in Europe in the late 17th century and early 18th century, made with pleated layers of starched lace and ribbon.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Angélique de Fontanges, one of French king Louis XIV's mistresses, who sported the headdress.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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 (2,087)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FONTANGE · 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.
FONTANGE 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 1 day.
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
FONTANGE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFGNNOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start FONTAN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FONTANGE?
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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