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FUNICULAR
Definition of FUNICULAR
adjective
Of, pertaining to, resembling, or powered by a rope or cable.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin fūniculus (“thinner cord”), diminutive from fūnis (“rope, cord”) + -culus. By surface analysis, funicul(us) + -ar.
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
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,726)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FUNICULAR · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FUNICULAR in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 47 boards so far. 622 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 21, 10 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 160, 27 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 21, 10 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FUNICULAR starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read ACFILNRUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start FUNICU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 21
Could you have found FUNICULAR?
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 21 - and most players walked straight past it.
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