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FORETOPMAN
Definition of FORETOPMAN
noun
A sailor who controls the masts in the foretop.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From foretop + -man.
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.
FORETOPMAN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 68, 27 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 89, 17 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 68, 27 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORETOPMAN starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read AEFMNOOPRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start FORETO
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FORETOPMAN?
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 68 - and most players walked straight past it.
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