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FOLKLORE
Definition of FOLKLORE
noun
The tales, legends, superstitions, and traditions of a particular ethnic population.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From folk + lore, coined by British writer William Thoms in 1846 to replace terms such as "popular antiquities". Thoms imitated German terms such as Volklehre (“people's customs”) and Volksüberlieferung (“popular tradition”). Compare also Old English folclar (“popular instruction; homily”) and West Frisian folkloare (“folklore”).
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.
FOLKLORE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOLKLORE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFKLLOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and L appear more than once.
Words that start FOLKLO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FOLKLORE?
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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.
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