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FOGLE
Definition of FOGLE
noun
A handkerchief.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Unclear. German Vogel (“bird”) has been suggested, the connection being bird's-eye, a fabric from which such handkerchiefs were made. Hotten (see References) suggests a connection with the Italian slang foglia (“pocket, purse”) or French argot fouille (“pocket”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FOGLE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 62, 21 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOGLE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFGLO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found FOGLE?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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