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MERFOLK
Definition of MERFOLK
noun
Mythical creatures that are human from the waist up and fish from the waist down.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From mer- + folk.
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.
MERFOLK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 24 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Also on
Built from these letters
MERFOLK starts with M and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read EFKLMOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found MERFOLK?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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