The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FOLKWAY
Definition of FOLKWAY
noun
A belief or custom common to members of a culture or society.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From folk + way.
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.
FOLKWAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 112, 9 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 103, 31 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOLKWAY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AFKLOWY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Could you have found FOLKWAY?
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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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