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FUNCTION
Definition of FUNCTION
noun
What something does or is used for.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle French function, from Old French fonction, from Latin functiō (“performance, execution”), from functus, perfect participle of fungor (“to perform, execute, discharge”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰewg- (“to enjoy”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
8.8%
of traced words share this origin (2,488)
How it is built
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FUNCTION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 140, 7 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 140, 7 October 2026.
Built from these letters
FUNCTION starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read CFINNOTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N appears more than once.
Words that start FUNCTI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FUNCTION?
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