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FORRAYED
Definition of FORRAYED
verb
simple past and past participle of forray
FORAY · via forray
noun
A sudden or irregular incursion in border warfare; hence, any irregular incursion for war or spoils; a raid.
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Word DNA
FORRAYED inherits its ancestry from its root, FORAY.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,866)
How it is built
Same root, FORAY · 7 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Icelandic, Old English.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FORRAYED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 15 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 155, 22 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORRAYED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADEFORRY - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once, including a double letter.
Same letters, different word
One other word uses exactly these letters. Worth knowing at the board: an anagram fits a grid the same way.
Words that start FORRAY
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FORRAYED?
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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.
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