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FOVEAE

6 letters

Definition of FOVEAE

noun

plural of fovea

FOVEA

noun

A slight depression or pit in a bone or organ.

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Another sense

FOVEAE carries a second meaning.

  1. noun

    Plural form of fovea.

Word DNA

FOVEAE inherits its ancestry from its root, FOVEA.

Line of descent

  1. Latin
  2. English

One recorded step before English.

Latin

Deepest traced root

1st

of 59 source languages in OUTLIER

30.7%

of traced words share this origin (23,951)

Italic

branch · 30.7% of traced words

How it is built

noun

Same root, FOVEA · 13 relatives in the game

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FOVEAE in a sentence

“Though the anorexic women performed no worse than the control group on vision tests, their foveae were 7% thinner and 46% less electrically active, possibly indicating a greater risk for vision impairment in the future.”

Common Hormone Worsens Pain in the Long Term, Study, 2010

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Tier
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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.

FOVEAE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 67 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 156
Its 38 boards, across 156 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
38
Boards found on
25
First board
156
Latest board
15
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

alisande

on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FOVEAE
6
Letters
4
Vowels
2
Consonants
5
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
3
Longest vowel run

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

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