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FORTIS
Definition of FORTIS
adjective
Relatively strongly articulated, hence voiceless and possibly aspirated; especially as compared to the others of a group of homorganic consonants.
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Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin fortis (“strong”). Doublet of fort and forte.
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.
FORTIS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 29, 18 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FORTIS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FIORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FORTIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FORTIS?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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