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FALLOW
Definition of FALLOW
noun
Ground ploughed and harrowed but left unseeded for one year.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English falwe, from Old English fealh, fealg (“fallow land”), from Proto-West Germanic *falgu (compare Saterland Frisian Falge, West Frisian falig, felling, Dutch valg, German Felge), from Proto-Indo-European *polḱéh₂ (“arable land”) (compare Gaulish olca, Russian полоса́ (polosá)).
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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.
FALLOW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FALLOW starts with F and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read AFLLOW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FALLOW
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FALLOW?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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