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FOODIE
Definition of FOODIE
noun
A person with a special interest in or knowledge of food, a gourmet.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From food + -ie. Popularized by Ann Barr and Paul Levy in The Official Foodie Handbook (1984). Levy credits New York food critic Gael Greene with the coinage. The word was used by Greene in a 1980 article in New York magazine, see quotations.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FOODIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 87, 15 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOODIE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEFIOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found FOODIE?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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