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FOREHAND

/fɔːhænd/8 letters

Definition of FOREHAND

noun

A stroke in which the palm of the hand faces the direction of the stroke.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From fore- + hand.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

FOREHAND in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its one board, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
88
First board
14
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 14 days.

First ever to find it

k7d

on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FOREHAND
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
8
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FOREHAND starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEFHNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.

Words that start FOREHA

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FOREHANDSFOREHANDEDFOREHANDINGFOREHANDEDLYFOREHANDEDNESS

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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 88 - and most players walked straight past it.

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