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FUNKSTER
Definition of FUNKSTER
noun
A funk musician.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From funk + -ster.
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.
FUNKSTER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 107, 4 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 107, 4 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FUNKSTER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EFKNRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FUNKST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FUNKSTER?
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 107 - and most players walked straight past it.
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