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FORTNIGHT

/ˈfɔːt.naɪt/9 letters

Definition of FORTNIGHT

noun

A period of 2 weeks.

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Where it comes from

From Middle English fourtenyght, fourtene nyght, from Old English fēowertīene niht (literally “fourteen nights"; the Anglo-Saxons counted by nights), equivalent to fourteen + night. Compare sennight.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

FORTNIGHT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its 2 boards, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
106
First board
117
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 106, 3 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

lana17

on Day 106, 3 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FORTNIGHT
9
Letters
2
Vowels
7
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FORTNIGHT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read FGHINORTT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. T appears more than once.

Words that start FORTNI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FORTNIGHT?

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 106 - and most players walked straight past it.

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