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FORSAKING
Definition of FORSAKING
verb
present participle and gerund of forsake
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Word DNA
FORSAKING inherits its ancestry from its root, FORSAKE.
Line of descent
3 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
8th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
3.3%
of traced words share this origin (2,743)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FORSAKE · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Danish, Dutch, Norwegian, Swedish.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FORSAKING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 14 boards so far. 14 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 37, 26 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 163, 30 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 37, 26 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORSAKING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read AFGIKNORS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FORSAK
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FORSAKING?
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 37 - and most players walked straight past it.
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