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AFOREHAND
Definition of AFOREHAND
adverb
Beforehand; in advance; in anticipation.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English aforehande, equivalent to afore- + hand. Compare Scots aforehaund.
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.
AFOREHAND in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 94, 22 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 26 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 94, 22 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
AFOREHAND starts with A and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read AADEFHNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. A appears more than once.
Could you have found AFOREHAND?
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 94 - and most players walked straight past it.
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