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FUNDATRIX
Definition of FUNDATRIX
noun
A female aphid hatched in the spring from an overwintering egg.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Latin fundātrīx.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (26,419)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FUNDATRIX in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 170, 6 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 170, 6 November 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FUNDATRIX starts with F and ends with X. Sorted, its letters read ADFINRTUX - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram. It uses X - among the least common letters in written English.
Could you have found FUNDATRIX?
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 170 - and most players walked straight past it.
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