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FALCADE
Definition of FALCADE
noun
A horse's movement of throwing itself on its haunches two or three times, bending in very quick curvets.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French falcade, ultimately from Latin falx, falcis (“a sickle or scythe”). By surface analysis, Latin falc- + -ade.
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.
FALCADE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 93, 21 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 27 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FALCADE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AACDEFL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start FALCAD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found FALCADE?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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