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FUSIL
Definition of FUSIL
noun
A bearing of a rhomboidal figure, originally representing a spindle in shape, longer than a heraldic lozenge.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English fusill, from Old French fusel, fuisel, from a late Latin diminutive of Latin fūsus (“spindle”).
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.
FUSIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 39 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FUSIL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read FILSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FUSIL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found FUSIL?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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