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FOVEAS
Definition of FOVEAS
noun
plural of fovea
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Another sense
FOVEAS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of fovea.
Word DNA
FOVEAS inherits its ancestry from its root, FOVEA.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,914)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FOVEA · 13 relatives in the game
FOVEAS in a sentence
“They have four foveas (the part of the eye that sees detail) instead of our two, the ability to detect reflected ultraviolet light and greatly accelerated speed of visual processing.”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FOVEAS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 43 boards so far. 87 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOVEAS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEFOSV - 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.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found FOVEAS?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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