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FOLKSINGER
Definition of FOLKSINGER
noun
A person who sings folk songs.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From folk + singer.
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.
FOLKSINGER in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 79, 7 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 24 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 79, 7 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOLKSINGER starts with F and ends with R. Sorted, its letters read EFGIKLNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FOLKSI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FOLKSINGER?
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 79 - and most players walked straight past it.
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