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FORESHADOW
Definition of FORESHADOW
verb
To suggest (someone or something) in advance; to prefigure, to presage.
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Where it comes from
The verb is derived from fore- (prefix meaning ‘before with respect to time, earlier’) + shadow (“to shade, cloud, or darken”, verb). The noun is derived from fore- + shadow (“faint and imperfect representation”, noun), probably modelled after the verb which is attested earlier.
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Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FORESHADOW · 3 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FORESHADOW in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 28 boards so far. 53 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 36, 25 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 147, 14 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 8 days.
First found by a player on Day 42, 1 July 2026.
Built from these letters
FORESHADOW starts with F and ends with W. Sorted, its letters read ADEFHOORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start FORESH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 36
Could you have found FORESHADOW?
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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