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AFOUL
Definition of AFOUL
adverb
In a state of collision or entanglement.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From a- + foul.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
AFOUL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 18 boards so far. 36 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AFOUL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AFLOU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found AFOUL?
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 25 - and most players walked straight past it.
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