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FURBISHERS
Definition of FURBISHERS
noun
plural of furbisher
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Word DNA
FURBISHERS inherits its ancestry from its root, FURBISHER.
Line of descent
- Middle French
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
13th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.1%
of traced words share this origin (343)
branch · 15.5% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FURBISHERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FURBISHERS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read BEFHIRRSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and S appear more than once.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FURBIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FURBISHERS?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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