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FOREKNOW

/ˌfɔːˈnəʊ/8 letters

Definition of FOREKNOW

verb

To have knowledge of beforehand.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From Middle English forknowen (since Chaucer), a calque from praescio equivalent to fore- + know. Replaced Old English fōrwitan, fōrewitan (“to foreknow”).

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

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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.

FOREKNOW in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 3 boards so far.

Day 1Day 102
Its 3 boards, across 102 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
3
Boards found on
37
First board
95
Latest board
30
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 95, 23 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 7 days.

First ever to find it

hoshichiri

on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

FOREKNOW
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
7
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

FOREKNOW starts with F and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read EFKNOORW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.

Words that start FOREKN

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

FOREKNEWFOREKNOWNFOREKNOWSFOREKNOWINGFOREKNOWLEDGEFOREKNOWLEDGES

Could you have found FOREKNOW?

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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.

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