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FOIST
Definition of FOIST
verb
To introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Probably from archaic Dutch vuisten (“to take into one’s hand”), from Middle Dutch vuysten, from vuyst (“fist”); akin to Old English fyst (“fist”).
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.
FOIST in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 52 boards so far. 171 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 7, 28 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 101, 29 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 7, 28 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FOIST starts with F and ends with T. Sorted, its letters read FIOST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FOIST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 7
Could you have found FOIST?
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 7 - and most players walked straight past it.
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