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FUGLE

/ˈfjuːɡəl/5 letters

Definition of FUGLE

verb

To manoeuvre, jiggle or manipulate.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Back-formation from fugleman.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FUGLE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 120
Its 18 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
18
Boards found on
19
First board
117
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

balloonman

on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FUGLE
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FUGLE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFGLU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start FUGLE

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FUGLE?

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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.

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