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FOREBODE
Definition of FOREBODE
verb
To predict a future event; to hint at something that will happen (especially as a literary device).
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English foreboden, from Old English forebodian, equivalent to fore- + bode.
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.
FOREBODE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 7 boards so far. 11 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 27, 16 June 2026.
Also on
Built from these letters
FOREBODE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read BDEEFOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and E appear more than once.
Words that start FOREBO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found FOREBODE?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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