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FORBODEN
Definition of FORBODEN
verb
past participle of forbid
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Word DNA
FORBODEN inherits its ancestry from its root, FORBID.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
6th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
4.7%
of traced words share this origin (4,052)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FORBID · 2 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FORBODEN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 157, 24 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORBODEN starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read BDEFNOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start FORBOD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FORBODEN?
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 157 - and most players walked straight past it.
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