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FUNKER
Definition of FUNKER
noun
One who funks, or backs out of something due to cowardice.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From funk + -er.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FUNK · 10 relatives 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.
FUNKER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 58, 17 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 58, 17 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FUNKER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EFKNRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 58
Could you have found FUNKER?
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 58 - and most players walked straight past it.
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