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FORESAIL
Definition of FORESAIL
noun
The lowest (and usually the largest) square sail hung on the foremast
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fore- + sail. Compare Dutch voorzeil, German Vorsegel, Danish forsejl, Swedish försegel.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, German, 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.
FORESAIL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 20 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 145, 12 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 3 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 48, 7 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORESAIL starts with F and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AEFILORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FORESA
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 37
Could you have found FORESAIL?
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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