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FOTHERED
Definition of FOTHERED
verb
simple past and past participle of fother
noun
A load, a wagonload, especially any various English units of weight or volume based upon standardized cartloads of certain commodities.
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Word DNA
FOTHERED inherits its ancestry from its root, FOTHER.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
28th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.3%
of traced words share this origin (280)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FOTHER · 3 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FOTHERED in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 129, 26 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 42 days.
Built from these letters
FOTHERED starts with F and ends with D. Sorted, its letters read DEEFHORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start FOTHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 129 - and most players walked straight past it.
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