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FORBID
Definition of FORBID
verb
To disallow; to proscribe.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English forbeden, from Old English forbēodan (“to forbid, prohibit, restrain, refuse, repeal, annul”), from Proto-Germanic *furibeudaną, from *furi + *beudaną. Equivalent to for- (“from, away”) + bid (“to offer, proclaim”). Cognate with Dutch verbieden (“to forbid”), German verbieten (“to forbid”), Danish forbyde (“to forbid”), Norwegian Bokmål forby (“to forbid”), Swedish förbjuda (“to forbid”), Gothic 𐍆𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌱𐌹𐌿𐌳𐌰𐌽 (faurbiudan). Related to forbode.
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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.
FORBID in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 11 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 12, 1 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 9 days.
First found by a player on Day 12, 1 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FORBID starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read BDFIOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FORBID
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 12
Could you have found FORBID?
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 12 - and most players walked straight past it.
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