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FUMIGATORY
Definition of FUMIGATORY
adjective
Having the quality of fumigating.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Compare French fumigatoire.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
7.2%
of traced words share this origin (2,052)
branch · 15.4% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FUMIGATORY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 38 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 30, 19 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 135, 2 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First found by a player on Day 30, 19 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FUMIGATORY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AFGIMORTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FUMIGA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 30
Could you have found FUMIGATORY?
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 30 - and most players walked straight past it.
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