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FORECASTING
Definition of FORECASTING
verb
present participle and gerund of forecast
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From forecast + -ing.
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.
FORECASTING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 12 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 8, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 8, 29 May 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORECASTING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ACEFGINORST - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FORECAS
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FORECASTING?
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 8 - and most players walked straight past it.
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