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FORWARDNESS
Definition of FORWARDNESS
noun
The quality of being forward.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From forward + -ness.
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.
FORWARDNESS 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 ever to find it
on Day 124, 21 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FORWARDNESS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADEFNORRSSW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. R and S appear 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 FORWARD
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FORWARDNESS?
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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