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FRUITCAKE
Definition of FRUITCAKE
noun
A cake containing dried fruits and, optionally, nuts, citrus peel and spice; usually served in celebration of weddings and Christmas.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compound of fruit + cake. First attested in c. 1687. Sense 2, predated by nutty as a fruitcake, was first attested in c. 1952.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FRUITCAKE · 1 relative 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.
FRUITCAKE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 139, 6 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 23 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
FRUITCAKE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEFIKRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found FRUITCAKE?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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