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FOUNDER
Definition of FOUNDER
noun
One who founds or establishes (a company, project, organisation, state, etc.).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French fondeur, from Latin fundātor, equivalent to found + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (10,004)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FOUND · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FOUNDER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 54 boards so far. 145 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 154, 21 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FOUNDER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read DEFNORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FOUNDE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found FOUNDER?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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