The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FOREPLAY
Definition of FOREPLAY
noun
The acts at the beginning of a (usually human) sexual encounter that serve to build up sexual arousal.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fore- + play.
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.
FOREPLAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 13 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 98, 26 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 4 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 36, 25 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOREPLAY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEFLOPRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FOREPL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found FOREPLAY?
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 36 - and most players walked straight past it.
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