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FUDGIE
Definition of FUDGIE
noun
A tourist.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fudge + -ie. The tourists were so named because their main reason to travel was for the famous fudge. As a food name, possibly influenced by brownie or cookie.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FUDGIE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First found by a player on Day 145, 12 October 2026.
Built from these letters
FUDGIE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read DEFGIU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found FUDGIE?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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