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FORNIX
Definition of FORNIX
noun
An archlike or vaulted structure or fold: The junction where the conjunctiva lining the eyelid meets the conjunctiva overlying the sclera. A triangular area of white matter in the mammalian brain beneath the corpus callosum and between the hippocampus and the hypothalamus. The vaulted upper part of the vagina surrounding the uterine cervix.
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Where it comes from
Borrowing from Latin fornix (“an arch, vault”).
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.
FORNIX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 26 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 65, 24 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 65, 24 July 2026.
Built from these letters
FORNIX starts with F and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read FINORX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found FORNIX?
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 65 - and most players walked straight past it.
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