The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FUNICLE
Definition of FUNICLE
noun
Synonym of funiculus.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin fūniculus (“cord”), diminutive from fūnis (“cord”) + -culus.
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.
FUNICLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 46, 5 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 46, 5 July 2026.
Built from these letters
FUNICLE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEFILNU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 46
Could you have found FUNICLE?
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 46 - and most players walked straight past it.
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