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FUNGO

/ˈfʌŋɡoʊ/5 letters

Definition of FUNGO

noun

A fielding practice drill where a person hits fly balls intended to be caught.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Uncertain; perhaps from Scots fung (“to fling, throw”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
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.

FUNGO in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 18 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 111
Its 12 boards, across 111 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
12
Boards found on
57
First board
109
Latest board
11
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 57, 16 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 109, 6 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

secretsquirrel

on Day 57, 16 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FUNGO
5
Letters
2
Vowels
3
Consonants
5
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FUNGO starts with F and ends with O. Sorted, its letters read FGNOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start FUNGO

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found FUNGO?

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 57 - and most players walked straight past it.

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