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FOALS
Definition of FOALS
noun
plural of foal
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FOALS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 17, 6 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 17, 6 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOALS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AFLOS - 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.
Also seen on Day 17
Could you have found FOALS?
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 17 - and most players walked straight past it.
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