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FOURCHE
Definition of FOURCHE
adjective
Having the ends forked or branched, and the ends of the branches terminating abruptly as if cut off; said of an ordinary, especially of a cross.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
Borrowed from French fourché. Doublet of furcate and fork.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- French
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
5th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
5.3%
of traced words share this origin (4,548)
branch · 12.8% of traced words
How it is built
Same root, FOURCHE · 1 relative in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FOURCHE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 2 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 41, 30 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 162, 29 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 16 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 41, 30 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FOURCHE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read CEFHORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start FOURCH
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 41
Could you have found FOURCHE?
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 41 - and most players walked straight past it.
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