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FORFICULATE
Definition of FORFICULATE
adjective
shaped like small scissors.
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Where it comes from
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Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FORFICULATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 159, 26 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORFICULATE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEFFILORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once.
Could you have found FORFICULATE?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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