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FUGUES
Definition of FUGUES
noun
plural 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.
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Word DNA
FUGUES inherits its ancestry from its root, FUGU.
Line of descent
- Japanese
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
17th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.6%
of traced words share this origin (180)
branch · 0.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FUGU · 4 relatives 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.
FUGUES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 41 boards so far. 134 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FUGUES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFGSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Could you have found FUGUES?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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