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FOREKING

8 letters

Definition of FOREKING

noun

A preceding king.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From fore- + king.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

nouncompoundfore-

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

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

FOREKING in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 167
Its one board, across 167 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
163
First board
4
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.

First ever to find it

kilgallen

on Day 163, 30 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

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

Words that start FOREKI

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FOREKINGS

Could you have found FOREKING?

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 163 - and most players walked straight past it.

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