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FULCRUM

/ˈfʊlkɹəm/7 letters

Definition of FULCRUM

noun

The support about which a lever pivots.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Borrowed from Latin fulcrum (“bedpost, foot of a couch”), from fulciō (“prop up, support”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FULCRUM in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 729 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 95
Its 20 boards, across 95 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
20
Boards found on
25
First board
95
Latest board
12
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.

First ever to find it

noodles

on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FULCRUM
7
Letters
2
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FULCRUM starts with F and ends with M. Sorted, its letters read CFLMRUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.

Words that start FULCRU

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FULCRUM?

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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.

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