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FILE
Definition of FILE
noun
A collection of papers collated and archived together.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Old French fil (“thread”), from Latin fīlum (“thread”). Doublet of filum.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Latin
- Old French
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 58 source languages in OUTLIER
33.1%
of traced words share this origin (9,595)
branch · 33.1% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FILE · 3 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.
FILE in OUTLIER
It has fitted 1 board so far. 22 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 76, 4 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 68 days.
First found by a player on Day 24, 13 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FILE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFIL - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
2 other words use exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FILE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FILE?
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 76 - and most players walked straight past it.
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