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FANFOLDED
Definition of FANFOLDED
verb
simple past and past participle of fanfold
adjective
Having the shape of fan or concertina, with a row of sheets alternately folded backwards and forwards.
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Word DNA
FANFOLDED inherits its ancestry from its root, FANFOLD.
How it is built
Same root, FANFOLD · 2 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FANFOLDED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 132, 29 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FANFOLDED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADDEFFLNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F and D appear more than once.
Words that start FANFOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FANFOLDED?
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 132 - and most players walked straight past it.
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