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FOOLHARDY
Definition of FOOLHARDY
adjective
Marked by unthinking recklessness with disregard for danger; boldly rash; hotheaded.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English folehardy, foolhardi, folherdi, from Old French fol hardi (“foolishly bold”), from Old French fol (“foolish, silly; insane, mad”) (from Latin follis (“bellows; purse, sack; inflated ball; belly, paunch”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰelǵʰ- (“to swell”)) + Old French hardi (“durable, hardy, tough”) (past tense of hardir (“to harden”), from the unattested Frankish *hartjan, from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard; brave”)), equivalent to fool + hardy. Compare fool-bold, fool-large, etc.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FOOLHARDY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 22 boards so far. 62 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 6, 27 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 6, 27 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOOLHARDY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read ADFHLOORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FOOLHA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found FOOLHARDY?
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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