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FORLONGED
Definition of FORLONGED
verb
simple past and past participle of forlong
FORLONG
verb
To fill with longing.
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Word DNA
FORLONGED inherits its ancestry from its root, FORLONG.
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 (5,283)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FORLONG · 1 relative in the game
Its etymology also names 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.
FORLONGED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 171, 7 November 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First found by a player on Day 171, 7 November 2026.
Built from these letters
FORLONGED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEFGLNOOR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O appears more than once.
Words that start FORLON
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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