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FORMULA
Definition of FORMULA
noun
Any mathematical rule expressed symbolically.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin fōrmula (“a small pattern or mold, form, rule, principle, method, formula”), diminutive of forma (“a form”). See form.
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
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,981)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FORMULA · 11 relatives 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.
FORMULA in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 44 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FORMULA starts with F and ends with A. Sorted, its letters read AFLMORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FORMUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found FORMULA?
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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