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FURIOSITY
Definition of FURIOSITY
noun
furiousness; fury
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English furiosite, from Middle French furiosité or its etymon Late Latin furiōsitās, from Latin furiōsus + -itās.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,951)
branch · 30.7% 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.
FURIOSITY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 43 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 23, 12 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 150, 17 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 23, 12 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FURIOSITY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read FIIORSTUY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that start FURIOS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 23
Could you have found FURIOSITY?
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 23 - and most players walked straight past it.
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