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FORMULAIC
Definition of FORMULAIC
adjective
Closely following a formula or predictable pattern, as: Conventionalized.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From formula + -ic.
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.
FORMULAIC in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 120 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FORMULAIC starts with F and ends with C. Sorted, its letters read ACFILMORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FORMUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found FORMULAIC?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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