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FOOL
Definition of FOOL
noun
A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English fol (“fool”), from Old French fol (cf. modern French fou (“mad”)) from Latin follis. Doublet of fals and follis. Displaced native Old English dwæs.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (24,861)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FOOL · 5 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FOOL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 24 boards so far. 30 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 156, 23 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FOOL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read FLOO - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FOOL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found FOOL?
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 6 - and most players walked straight past it.
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