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FOLDEROL
Definition of FOLDEROL
noun
Nonsense or foolishness.
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Where it comes from
Originally a nonsense refrain in songs, since circa 1701, as "fal, al, deral!", and 1820, used to make the song longer without adding more meaningful content (see non-lexical vocables in music). Compare falleri, fallera, extended as falleralla or fallerallera, in Swedish and German songs.
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.
FOLDEROL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 34 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 110, 7 September 2026.
Built from these letters
FOLDEROL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read DEFLLOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and L appear more than once.
Words that start FOLDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FOLDEROL?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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