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FORWARDS
Definition of FORWARDS
adverb
Synonym of forward in most senses.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From forward + -s (adverbial suffix).
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.
FORWARDS 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
FORWARDS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read ADFORRSW - 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 FORWARDS?
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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