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FOLKISH
Definition of FOLKISH
adjective
Popular; referring to the culture of ordinary people.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From folk + -ish. (Compare Old English folcisc, and German völkisch.)
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.
FOLKISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 17 boards so far. 35 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 40, 29 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOLKISH starts with F and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read FHIKLOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FOLKIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 40
Could you have found FOLKISH?
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 40 - and most players walked straight past it.
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