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FABLIAU
Definition of FABLIAU
noun
A short, farcical, often bawdy tale of a genre written in the North of France in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Learned borrowing from Old French fabliau, diminutive of fable.
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.
FABLIAU in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 119, 16 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FABLIAU starts with F and ends with U. Sorted, its letters read AABFILU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found FABLIAU?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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