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FABLE
Definition of FABLE
noun
A fictitious narrative intended to enforce some useful truth or precept, usually with animals, etc. as characters; an apologue. Prototypically, Aesop's Fables.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English, borrowed from Old French fable, from Latin fābula, from fārī (“to speak, say”) + -bula (“instrumental suffix”). See ban, and compare fabulous, fame. Doublet of fabula.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FABLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 58 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FABLE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read ABEFL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FABLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found FABLE?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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