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FOLIATES
Definition of FOLIATES
verb
third-person singular simple present indicative of foliate
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Word DNA
FOLIATES inherits its ancestry from its root, FOLIATE.
Line of descent
- Proto-Indo-European
- Latin
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
3rd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
8.9%
of traced words share this origin (2,636)
How it is built
Same root, FOLIATE · 3 relatives in the game
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.
FOLIATES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 31 boards so far. 41 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 34, 23 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 34, 23 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOLIATES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read AEFILOST - 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 FOLIAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 34
Could you have found FOLIATES?
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 34 - and most players walked straight past it.
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