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FUNICULARS
Definition of FUNICULARS
noun
plural of funicular
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Another sense
FUNICULARS carries a second meaning.
noun
Plural form of funicular.
Word DNA
FUNICULARS inherits its ancestry from its root, FUNICULAR.
Line of descent
- Latin
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,860)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FUNICULAR · 1 relative in the game
FUNICULARS in a sentence
“Topography and weather define Seattle's potential bike ridership, not the lack of infrastructure (that is unless they're thinking of doing some pretty major bike funiculars that I haven't heard of, and/or global warming sharply reduces the number of rainy days) joshuadf”
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FUNICULARS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 35 boards so far. 297 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 25, 14 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FUNICULARS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ACFILNRSUU - 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 25
Could you have found FUNICULARS?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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