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FOLKTALE
Definition of FOLKTALE
noun
A tale or story that is part of the oral tradition of a people or a place.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From folk + tale.
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.
FOLKTALE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOLKTALE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEFKLLOT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. L appears more than once.
Words that start FOLKTA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FOLKTALE?
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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.
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