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AFORETIME
Definition of AFORETIME
adverb
In time past; in a former time; formerly.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English a fore tyme, afore tyme, aforetyme, afortym, a-for-tyme, afortymez; equivalent to afore- + time.
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.
AFORETIME in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 5 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 28, 17 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First found by a player on Day 28, 17 June 2026.
Built from these letters
AFORETIME starts with A and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read AEEFIMORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start AFORET
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 28
Could you have found AFORETIME?
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 28 - and most players walked straight past it.
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