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TRADESFOLK
Definition of TRADESFOLK
noun
People employed in trade; tradesmen and tradeswomen.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From trade + -s- + folk.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, TRADE · 11 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
TRADESFOLK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 144, 11 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 20 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
TRADESFOLK starts with T and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read ADEFKLORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start TRADES
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found TRADESFOLK?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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