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FOOLSCAP
Definition of FOOLSCAP
noun
Writing paper sheets measuring 13.25 × 16.5 inches.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
FOOLSCAP carries 4 further meanings.
noun
A sheet of writing or printing paper measuring about 13 by 16 inches.
noun
A fool's cap.
noun
See fool's cap, under fool.
noun
A writing-paper, usually folded, varying in size from 12 × 15 to 12½ × 16 inches: so called from its former watermark, the outline of a fool's head and cap, for which other devices are now substituted.
Where it comes from
Probably from a watermark of a fool's cap.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FOOLSCAP in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 27 boards so far. 134 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 52, 11 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 52, 11 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOOLSCAP starts with F and ends with P. Sorted, its letters read ACFLOOPS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FOOLSC
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 52
Could you have found FOOLSCAP?
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 52 - and most players walked straight past it.
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