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FRACTIOUS
Definition of FRACTIOUS
adjective
Given to troublemaking.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fraction (“discord”) (now obsolete) + -ous.
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.
FRACTIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 51 boards so far. 190 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FRACTIOUS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACFIORSTU - 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.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found FRACTIOUS?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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