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FOVEATE

/ˈfəʊvi.ət/7 letters

Definition of FOVEATE

adjective

Having slight depressions or pits.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From fovea + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FOVEATE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 102
Its 9 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
9
Boards found on
15
First board
95
Latest board
28
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First found by a player on Day 15, 4 June 2026.

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Built from these letters

FOVEATE
7
Letters
4
Vowels
3
Consonants
6
Different letters
1
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

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

Words that start FOVEAT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

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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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.

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