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FORMALITY
Definition of FORMALITY
noun
The state of being formal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French formalité. equivalent to formal + -ity.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (334)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FORMALITY · 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.
FORMALITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 49 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 142, 9 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FORMALITY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AFILMORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FORMAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found FORMALITY?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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