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FOOLISH
Definition of FOOLISH
adjective
Lacking good sense or judgement as a general trait; unwise; stupid.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English folisch; equivalent to fool + -ish.
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.
FOOLISH in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 66 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 found by a player on Day 6, 27 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FOOLISH starts with F and ends with H. Sorted, its letters read FHILOOS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FOOLIS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 6
Could you have found FOOLISH?
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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