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FUNAMBULIST
Definition of FUNAMBULIST
noun
A tightrope walker or a similar performer on a slack rope.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French funambule or its source, Latin funambulus, from funis (“rope”) + ambulare (“walk”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FUNAMBULIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far. 13 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 99, 27 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FUNAMBULIST starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read ABFILMNSTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start FUNAMBU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found FUNAMBULIST?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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