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FORTIFY
Definition of FORTIFY
verb
To give power, strength, or vigour to (oneself or someone, or to something); to strengthen. To support (one's or someone's opinion, statement, etc.) by producing evidence, etc.; to confirm, to corroborate. To increase the nutritional value of (food) by adding ingredients, especially minerals or vitamins.
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Where it comes from
From Late Middle English fortifien, fortfien (“to strengthen (a castle, etc.) from attack; to strengthen (an army, etc.); to strengthen (a person), aid, support; to reinforce, support; to improve; to increase the efficacy of”), from Old French fortifier (modern French fortifier), from Late Latin fortificāre (“to strengthen, fortify”), from Latin fortis (“powerful, strong”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ- (“to ascend, rise up; to be elevated or up high”) or *dʰerǵʰ- (“to be firm; robust, strong”)) + -ficō (suffix forming causative or factitive, or other verbs).
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FORTIFY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORTIFY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FFIORTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once.
Words that start FORTIF
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FORTIFY?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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