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FUTHARKS
Definition of FUTHARKS
noun
plural of futhark
noun
The Germanic runic alphabet; especially specifically the Elder or Younger futhark alphabet (of Scandinavia and the European mainland), as contrasted with the Anglo-Saxon futhorc.
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Word DNA
FUTHARKS inherits its ancestry from its root, FUTHARK.
How it is built
Same root, FUTHARK · 1 relative 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.
FUTHARKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 21 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 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
FUTHARKS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AFHKRSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FUTHAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found FUTHARKS?
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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