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FUSELAGE
Definition of FUSELAGE
noun
The main body of an aerospace vehicle; the long central structure of an aircraft to which the wings (or rotors), tail, and engines are attached, and which accommodates crew and cargo.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French fuselage. Ultimately from Latin fūsus (“spindle, spinning wheel”). For the meaning development, compare rocket, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *rukkô (“spinning wheel, distaff”) (whence also English rock (“distaff, the flax or wool on a distaff”)).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,135)
branch · 12.9% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FUSELAGE · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Latin, Proto-Germanic.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FUSELAGE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 67 boards so far. 366 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 19, 8 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FUSELAGE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEFGLSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found FUSELAGE?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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