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FORSWINKED
Definition of FORSWINKED
Wiktionary has no entry for FORSWINKED itself. This is its base word, FORSWINK.
verb
To exhaust by labour; overwork.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
The origin recorded for FORSWINK.
From Middle English forswinken, equivalent to for- + swink.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FORSWINKED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 4 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 66, 25 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 113, 10 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 6 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 66, 25 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORSWINKED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEFIKNORSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FORSWI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FORSWINKED?
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 66 - and most players walked straight past it.
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