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FORLORN
Definition of FORLORN
adjective
Abandoned, deserted, left behind.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English forlorn, forloren, from Old English forloren (past participle of forlēosan (“to lose”)), from Proto-Germanic *fraluzanaz (“lost”), past participle of Proto-Germanic *fraleusaną (“to lose”), equivalent to for- + lorn. Cognate with West Frisian ferlern (“lost”), Saterland Frisian ferlädden (“lost”), Dutch verloren (“lost”), German Low German verloren (“lost”), German verloren (“lost”), Swedish förlorad (“lost”). See further at lese/leese, lorn.
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FORLORN in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 1 day.
First ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORLORN starts with F and ends with N. Sorted, its letters read FLNOORR - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and R appear more than once.
Words that start FORLOR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FORLORN?
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 124 - and most players walked straight past it.
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