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FORESHANK
Definition of FORESHANK
noun
The upper part of the foreleg of cattle.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From fore- + shank.
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.
FORESHANK in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 17 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 103, 31 August 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORESHANK starts with F and ends with K. Sorted, its letters read AEFHKNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FORESH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FORESHANK?
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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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