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FOLIATION
Definition of FOLIATION
noun
The process of forming into a leaf or leaves.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From French foliation, from Latin folium (“leaf”).
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.
FOLIATION in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 10 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 48, 7 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 48, 7 July 2026.
Built from these letters
FOLIATION starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AFIILNOOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and I appear more than once.
Words that start FOLIAT
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 48
Could you have found FOLIATION?
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 48 - and most players walked straight past it.
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