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FOVEOLATE
Definition of FOVEOLATE
adjective
Having small pits or depressions, like the receptacle in some composite flowers.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from New Latin foveolātus (“pitted”), by surface analysis, foveola + -ate (adjective-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FOVEOLATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First found by a player on Day 79, 7 August 2026.
Built from these letters
FOVEOLATE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEFLOOTV - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Words that start FOVEOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
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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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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