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FUSS

/fʌs/4 letters

Definition of FUSS

noun

Excessive activity, worry, bother, or talk about something.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Of unknown origin. Perhaps from Danish fjas (“nonsense”), from Middle Low German (compare German faseln (“to maunder, talk nonsense”)). Compare also fouse (“to hasten, rush, tumble, disarrange”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FUSS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 121
Its one board, across 121 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
118
First board
3
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.

First ever to find it

solarbotanist

on Day 118, 15 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FUSS
4
Letters
1
Vowels
3
Consonants
3
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FUSS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FSSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. S appears more than once, including a double letter.

Words that start FUSS

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FUSSYFUSSEDFUSSERFUSSESFUSSERSFUSSIERFUSSILYFUSSINGFUSSPOTFUSSBALLFUSSIESTFUSSPOTS

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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 118 - and most players walked straight past it.

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