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FUNGUS
Definition of FUNGUS
noun
A eukaryotic organism of the kingdom Fungi typically having chitin cell walls but no chlorophyll or plastids. Fungi may be unicellular or multicellular.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Latin fungus (“mushroom”). Displaced native Old English swamm.
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.
FUNGUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 52 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 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
on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FUNGUS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FGNSUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start FUNGUS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found FUNGUS?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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