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FOREGOINGS
Definition of FOREGOINGS
Wiktionary has no entry for FOREGOINGS itself. This is its base word, FOREGO.
verb
To precede, to go before.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for FOREGO.
From Middle English forgan, from Old English foregān, equivalent to fore- + go.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,054)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FOREGOINGS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 34 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOREGOINGS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFGGINOORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and G appear more than once.
Words that start FOREGO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FOREGOINGS?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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