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FONTICULUS
Definition of FONTICULUS
noun
Synonym of fontanelle (“membranous spot on the head of a baby”).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin fonticulus, diminutive of fons.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.5%
of traced words share this origin (24,890)
branch · 30.5% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FONTICULUS · 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.
FONTICULUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 156, 23 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FONTICULUS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CFILNOSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Could you have found FONTICULUS?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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