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FURBELOW
Definition of FURBELOW
noun
A frill, flounce, or ruffle, as on clothing; a decorative piece of fabric, especially one gathered or pleated as into a ruffle, etc.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Corruption of falbala; first attested in the late 1600s or early 1700s. Not related to fur.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FURBELOW · 3 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.
FURBELOW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 29 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FURBELOW starts with F and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read BEFLORUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FURBEL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found FURBELOW?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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