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FUTSAL
Definition of FUTSAL
noun
A form of soccer played indoors, with five players per team.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Portuguese futsal, a blend of futebol de salão (literally “hall football”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Portuguese
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
26th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (274)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FUTSAL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 20 boards so far. 23 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FUTSAL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AFLSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FUTSAL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found FUTSAL?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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