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FARLINGS
Definition of FARLINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for FARLINGS itself. This is its base word, FARL.
noun
A quarter of a thin oatmeal or flour cake.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for FARL.
Contraction of fardel, probably with some influence from the Irish fearann meaning a fourth, especially of land or oatcakes. In this specific sense, fearann itself may be a possible cognate from a Norse or Old English root.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Irish
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,167)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FARLINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 150, 17 October 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 150, 17 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FARLINGS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AFGILNRS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Could you have found FARLINGS?
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 150 - and most players walked straight past it.
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