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FOLKMOTS
Definition of FOLKMOTS
noun
plural of folkmot
FOLKMOOT · via folkmot
noun
A general meeting (assembly) of the people of a town, district, or shire.
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Word DNA
FOLKMOTS inherits its ancestry from its root, FOLKMOOT.
Line of descent
- Old English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (2,961)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FOLKMOOT · 4 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FOLKMOTS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 156, 23 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOLKMOTS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read FKLMOOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start FOLKMO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FOLKMOTS?
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 156 - and most players walked straight past it.
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