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FOREIGN
Definition of FOREIGN
adjective
Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English foreyn, forein, from Old French forain, from Vulgar Latin *forānus (“outsider, outlander”), from Latin forās (“outside, outdoors”) or forīs (“outside, outdoors”). Displaced native Old English elþēodiġ (“foreign”) and now-dialectal English fremd, from Old English fremde (“strange, foreign”). The silent -g- added perhaps by analogy with reign (compare also sovereign which was similarly altered).
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Word DNA
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.7%
of traced words share this origin (23,888)
branch · 30.7% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FOREIGN · 6 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FOREIGN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 45 boards so far. 96 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 25, 14 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 10 days.
First found by a player on Day 25, 14 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FOREIGN starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EFGINOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FOREIG
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 25
Could you have found FOREIGN?
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