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FOVEATION
Definition of FOVEATION
noun
The act of foveating (angling the eyes to focus on an object).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From foveate + -ion.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FOVEA · 14 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.
FOVEATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 149, 16 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 171, 7 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 149, 16 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOVEATION starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEFINOOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start FOVEAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FOVEATION?
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 149 - and most players walked straight past it.
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