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FUNCTOR
Definition of FUNCTOR
noun
A function word.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From function, modeled after factor.
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.
FUNCTOR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 25 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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
FUNCTOR starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read CFNORTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found FUNCTOR?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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