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TYPEFACE

/ˈtaɪpˌfeɪs/8 letters

Definition of TYPEFACE

noun

The particular design of some type, font, or a font family.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From type + face.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound

Same root, TYPEFACE · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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

TYPEFACE in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 17 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 177
Its 13 boards, across 177 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
13
Boards found on
35
First board
168
Latest board
28
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 35, 24 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 168, 4 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.

First ever to find it

rosiedesilva

on Day 35, 24 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

TYPEFACE
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

TYPEFACE starts with T and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ACEEFPTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.

Words that start TYPEFA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

Could you have found TYPEFACE?

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 35 - and most players walked straight past it.

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