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FUSTED
Definition of FUSTED
adjective
mouldy; having a bad smell
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fust + -ed.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FUST · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FUSTED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 64, 23 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 64, 23 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FUSTED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEFSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found FUSTED?
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 64 - and most players walked straight past it.
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