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FUGACIOUS
Definition of FUGACIOUS
adjective
Fleeting, fading quickly, transient.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin fugācius (whence -acious), comparative of fugāciter (“evasively, fleetingly”), from fugāx (“transitory, fleeting”), from fugiō (“to flee”).
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.
FUGACIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 15 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 11, 31 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FUGACIOUS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACFGIOSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start FUGACI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found FUGACIOUS?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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