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FORESTAY
Definition of FORESTAY
noun
A stay that extends from the top of the foremast to the bow or bowsprit of a sailing ship
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English forstay, forstey, vorstey, equivalent to fore- + stay (“a stay, rope”).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Middle English
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
4th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
6.2%
of traced words share this origin (4,849)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FORESTAY in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 69, 28 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 159, 26 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 69, 28 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORESTAY starts with F and ends with Y. Sorted, its letters read AEFORSTY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FOREST
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FORESTAY?
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 69 - and most players walked straight past it.
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