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FULCRUM
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).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33%
of traced words share this origin (9,444)
branch · 33% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FULCRUM · 1 relative 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.
FULCRUM in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 33 boards so far. 812 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 141, 8 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
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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