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FORERUN
Definition of FORERUN
verb
To run in front.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fore- + run. Piecewise cognate of Swedish förrinna.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FORERUN · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FORERUN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 21 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORERUN starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read EFNORRU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
Words that start FORERU
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FORERUN?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
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