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FORESHADOWING
Definition of FORESHADOWING
noun
Synonym of foreshadow (“a suggestion of something in advance”); specifically , a literary device whereby an author drops hints or symbolic representations of plot developments to come later in the story.
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Where it comes from
From foreshadow (verb) + -ing (suffix forming nouns denoting the act of doing something, an action, or the embodiment of an action; or forming present participles of verbs).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
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.
FORESHADOWING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 32 boards so far. 104 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 29, 18 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 29, 18 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORESHADOWING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read ADEFGHINOORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start FORESHADO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 29
Could you have found FORESHADOWING?
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 29 - and most players walked straight past it.
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