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FOUDROYANT
Definition of FOUDROYANT
adjective
Having an awesome and overwhelming effect.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French foudroyant.
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.
FOUDROYANT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FOUDROYANT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ADFNOORTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found FOUDROYANT?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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