The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FOREHAND
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).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FOREHAND · 2 relatives in the game
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 10 boards so far. 12 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 88, 16 August 2026. The most recent board was Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 11 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 88, 16 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
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.
Could you have found FOREHAND?
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.
Play today's OUTLIER