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FUNGAL
Definition of FUNGAL
adjective
Of or pertaining to a fungus or fungi.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fungus + -al.
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.
FUNGAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 38 boards so far. 88 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FUNGAL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AFGLNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found FUNGAL?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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