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FORNIXES
Definition of FORNIXES
noun
plural 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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Word DNA
FORNIXES inherits its ancestry from its root, FORNIX.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,912)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FORNIX · 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.
FORNIXES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORNIXES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFINORSX - 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 FORNIXES?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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