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FOREMAN
Definition of FOREMAN
noun
A workplace leader. The leader of a work crew. The boss or manager of a particular workplace or section of a workplace, particularly a factory.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English foremon, forman. Compare West Frisian foarman, Dutch voorman, German Vormann, Danish formand, Swedish förman, Icelandic formaður. By surface analysis, fore- + man.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FOREMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 26, 15 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 26, 15 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FOREMAN starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEFMNOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FOREMA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 26
Could you have found FOREMAN?
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 26 - and most players walked straight past it.
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