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FORMES
Definition of FORMES
noun
plural of forme
FORM · via forme
noun
To do with shape. The shape or visible structure of a thing or person. A thing that gives shape to other things as in a mold. Regularity, beauty, or elegance. The inherent nature of an object; that which the mind itself contributes as the condition of knowing; that in which the essence of a thing consists. Characteristics not involving atomic components. (Can we add an example for this sense?) A long bench with no back. The boundary line of a material object. In painting, more generally, the human body. The combination of planes included under a general crystallographic symbol. It is not necessarily a closed solid.
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Word DNA
FORMES inherits its ancestry from its root, FORM.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
1st
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
30.6%
of traced words share this origin (25,170)
branch · 30.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FORM · 12 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.
FORMES in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 27, 16 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 122, 19 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 44 days.
First found by a player on Day 36, 25 June 2026.
Built from these letters
FORMES starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFMORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Also seen on Day 27
Could you have found FORMES?
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 27 - and most players walked straight past it.
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