The rare daily word game sweeping the globe. Find what's hidden in plain sight.
FORGATHERED
Definition of FORGATHERED
verb
simple past and past participle of forgather
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Word DNA
FORGATHERED inherits its ancestry from its root, FORGATHER.
Line of descent
- Scots
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (357)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FORGATHER · 4 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Dutch, German.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FORGATHERED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 141, 8 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 32 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 141, 8 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORGATHERED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEEFGHORRT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and E appear more than once.
Words that start FORGATH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FORGATHERED?
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 141 - and most players walked straight past it.
Play today's OUTLIER