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FORWARD
Definition of FORWARD
adjective
Situated toward or at the front of something.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English foreward, from Old English foreweard (“forward, inclined to the front, fore, early, former”), from Proto-Germanic *fura- (“fore-”), *warþaz (“turned”), equivalent to fore + -ward. Cognate with Dutch voorwaarts (“forward”), German vorwärts (“forward”).
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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.
FORWARD in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 124, 21 September 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 124, 21 September 2026.
Built from these letters
FORWARD starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read ADFORRW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R appears more than once.
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 FORWAR
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FORWARD?
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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