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FOTHERING
Definition of FOTHERING
verb
present participle and gerund 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
FOTHERING inherits its ancestry from its root, FOTHER.
Line of descent
5 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (116)
branch · 22.3% 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.
FOTHERING in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 9 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 60, 19 July 2026. The most recent board was Day 148, 15 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 5 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 60, 19 July 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOTHERING starts with F and ends with G. Sorted, its letters read EFGHINORT - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
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 FOTHER
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 60
Could you have found FOTHERING?
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 60 - and most players walked straight past it.
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