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FUNDAMENTALS
Definition of FUNDAMENTALS
noun
plural of fundamental
noun
A basic truth, elementary concept, principle, rule, or law. An individual fundamental will often serve as a building block used to form a complex idea.
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Word DNA
FUNDAMENTALS inherits its ancestry from its root, FUNDAMENTAL.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (12,230)
How it is built
Same root, FUNDAMENTAL · 1 relative in the game
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.
FUNDAMENTALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 31 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FUNDAMENTALS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AADEFLMNNSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. N and A appear more than once.
Words that start FUNDAMEN
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FUNDAMENTALS?
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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