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FARANDOLE
Definition of FARANDOLE
noun
A lively chain dance in 6/8 time, of Provençal origin.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French farandole, from Occitan farandola.
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.
FARANDOLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 10 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 42, 1 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 42, 1 July 2026.
Built from these letters
FARANDOLE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AADEFLNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Words that start FARAND
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 42
Could you have found FARANDOLE?
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 42 - and most players walked straight past it.
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