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FOREBODINGLY
Definition of FOREBODINGLY
adverb
In a foreboding manner.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From foreboding + -ly.
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.
FOREBODINGLY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 6 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 72, 31 July 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 72, 31 July 2026.
Built from these letters
FOREBODINGLY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read BDEFGILNOORY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start FOREBODI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FOREBODINGLY?
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 72 - and most players walked straight past it.
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