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FYLFOT

/ˈfɪl.fɒt/6 letters

Definition of FYLFOT

noun

A swastika, especially one with the arms bent in an anticlockwise direction.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

Uncertain, but likely from Middle English fillen (“to fill”) (from Old English fyllan) + fot (“foot”) (from Old English fōt), in reference to its use as a design to be placed at the bottom of stained-glass windows.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FYLFOT in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 119
Its one board, across 119 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
117
First board
2
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 117, 14 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

sage

on Day 117, 14 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FYLFOT
6
Letters
1
Vowels
5
Consonants
5
Different letters
4
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FYLFOT starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read FFLOTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. F appears more than once.

Words that start FYLFOT

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FYLFOTS

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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 117 - and most players walked straight past it.

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