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FOLKISH
Definition of FOLKISH
adjective
Popular; referring to the culture of ordinary people.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
FOLKISH carries 3 further meanings.
adjective
Of or characteristic of folk music, art, or literature.
adjective
Simple or natural; folksy.
“charmed us with his folkish wit and humor.”
adjective
In the style of folk music
Where it comes from
From folk + -ish. (Compare Old English folcisc, and German völkisch.)
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FOLK · 14 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names German, Old English.
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 28 boards so far. 81 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 40, 29 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
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 mean much the same
Near-synonyms of FOLKISH. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
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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