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MERFOLKS
Definition of MERFOLKS
noun
Alternative form of merfolk.
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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.
MERFOLKS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 3 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 47, 6 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 91, 19 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 47, 6 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
MERFOLKS starts with M and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFKLMORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 47
Could you have found MERFOLKS?
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 47 - and most players walked straight past it.
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