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FOREMAST

/ˈfɔː(ɹ).mɑːst/8 letters

Definition of FOREMAST

noun

The mast nearest the bow, on a sailing ship with more than one mast or a non-sailing ship with any masts; the second-tallest mast on a full-rigged ship.

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Where it comes from

From fore + mast.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Word DNA

How it is built

noun2 syllablescompound

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Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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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.

FOREMAST in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 26 boards so far. 27 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 158
Its 26 boards, across 158 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
26
Boards found on
37
First board
157
Latest board
18
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 157, 24 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.

First ever to find it

rachContributor

on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

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

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

Same letters, different word

2 other words use 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.

FOREMANFOREMASTSFOREMANSHIPFOREMASTMANFOREMASTMENFOREMANSHIPS

Could you have found FOREMAST?

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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