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FUNAMBULATE
Definition of FUNAMBULATE
verb
To walk on ropes; to tightrope-walk.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From funambul(ist) + -ate (verb-forming suffix).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
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.
FUNAMBULATE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 136, 3 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FUNAMBULATE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AABEFLMNTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U and A appear more than once.
Words that start FUNAMBU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found FUNAMBULATE?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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