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FUNCTIONS

/ˈfʌŋkʃənz/9 letters

Definition of FUNCTIONS

noun

plural of function

FUNCTION

noun

What something does or is used for.

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Where it comes from

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllables

Same root, FUNCTION · 6 relatives in the game

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Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FUNCTIONS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far.

Day 1Day 167
Its 2 boards, across 167 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
145
First board
166
Latest board
21
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 166, 2 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

ann0yingt1ke

on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FUNCTIONS
9
Letters
3
Vowels
6
Consonants
8
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
2
Longest vowel run

FUNCTIONS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CFINNOSTU - 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.

FUNCTIONFUNCTIONALFUNCTIONEDFUNCTIONALSFUNCTIONARYFUNCTIONATEFUNCTIONINGFUNCTIONALLYFUNCTIONLESSFUNCTIONALISMFUNCTIONALISTFUNCTIONALITY

Could you have found FUNCTIONS?

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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.

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