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FOSSED

6 letters

Definition of FOSSED

adjective

Having a fosse.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From fosse + -ed.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FOSSED in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 120
Its one board, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
76
First board
44
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.

First ever to find it

haunting

on Day 76, 4 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FOSSED
6
Letters
2
Vowels
4
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FOSSED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEFOSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.

Could you have found FOSSED?

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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.

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