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FOLDERS
Definition of FOLDERS
noun
plural of folder
noun
An organizer that papers are kept in, usually with an index tab, to be stored as a single unit in a filing cabinet.
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Word DNA
FOLDERS inherits its ancestry from its root, FOLD.
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.3%
of traced words share this origin (11,343)
How it is built
Same root, FOLD · 8 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FOLDERS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 16 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FOLDERS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read DEFLORS - 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.
Words that start FOLDER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FOLDERS?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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