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FOOTS
Definition of FOOTS
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of foot
noun
A biological structure found in many animals that is used for locomotion and that is frequently a separate organ at the terminal part of the leg.
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Word DNA
FOOTS inherits its ancestry from its root, FOOT.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,259)
How it is built
Same root, FOOT · 19 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Spanish.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FOOTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
FOOTS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FOOTS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found FOOTS?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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