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FANFOLDING
Definition of FANFOLDING
verb
present participle and gerund 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
FANFOLDING 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.
FANFOLDING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 132, 29 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
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
FANFOLDING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADFFGILNNO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F and N appear more than once.
Words that start FANFOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FANFOLDING?
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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