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FORGOING
Definition of FORGOING
verb
present participle and gerund of forgo
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Word DNA
FORGOING inherits its ancestry from its root, FORGO.
Line of descent
- Old English
- Middle English
- English
2 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
7th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.7%
of traced words share this origin (3,042)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FORGO · 5 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.
FORGOING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 134, 1 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 33 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 134, 1 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORGOING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read FGGINOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and G appear more than once.
Could you have found FORGOING?
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 134 - and most players walked straight past it.
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