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FRACTILE
Definition of FRACTILE
noun
The value of a distribution for which some fraction of the sample lies below.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fract(ion) + -ile.
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.
FRACTILE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 120, 17 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 117, 14 September 2026.
Built from these letters
FRACTILE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEFILRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FRACTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FRACTILE?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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