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FELLIES
Definition of FELLIES
noun
plural of felly
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Word DNA
FELLIES inherits its ancestry from its root, FELLY.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
41st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.1%
of traced words share this origin (38)
branch · 0.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FELLY · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FELLIES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 131, 28 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 131, 28 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FELLIES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EEFILLS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and L appear more than once, including a double letter.
Could you have found FELLIES?
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 131 - and most players walked straight past it.
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