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FELAFEL
Definition of FELAFEL
noun
Alternative spelling of falafel.
noun
A Middle Eastern food in the form of balls made from chickpeas or broad beans and other ingredients, often served in a pita.
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Word DNA
FELAFEL inherits its ancestry from its root, FALAFEL.
Line of descent
- Arabic
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
11th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
1.4%
of traced words share this origin (1,133)
branch · 2.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FALAFEL · 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.
FELAFEL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 145, 12 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FELAFEL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEEFFLL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F, E and L appear more than once.
Words that start FELAFE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FELAFEL?
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 145 - and most players walked straight past it.
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