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FOUNT
Definition of FOUNT
noun
Synonym of fountain (“a natural source of water”); a spring.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Clipping of fountain, on the pattern of the pair mount, mountain.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FOUNT · 1 relative 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.
FOUNT in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 66 boards so far. 140 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 165, 1 November 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FOUNT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read FNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FOUNT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 8
Could you have found FOUNT?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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