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FUGUE
Definition of FUGUE
noun
A contrapuntal piece of music wherein a particular melody is played in a number of voices, each voice introduced in turn by playing the melody.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French fugue, from Italian fuga (“flight, ardor”), from Latin fuga (“act of fleeing”), from fugiō (“to flee”); compare Ancient Greek φυγή (phugḗ). Apparently from the metaphor that the first part starts alone on its course, and is pursued by later parts. Doublet of fuga.
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.
FUGUE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 164 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 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 10, 30 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FUGUE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFGUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start FUGUE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found FUGUE?
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 10 - and most players walked straight past it.
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