The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FOLIOUS
Definition of FOLIOUS
adjective
Like a leaf; thin; insubstantial.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Latin foli(ō) (“leaf”) + -ous. See also foliose.
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.
FOLIOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 110, 7 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOLIOUS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FILOOSU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Could you have found FOLIOUS?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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