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FUTURE
Definition of FUTURE
noun
The time ahead; those moments yet to be experienced.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Middle English future, futur, from Old French futur, from Latin futūrus, irregular future active participle of sum (“to be”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to become, be”). Cognate with Old English bēo (“to become, will be; to be”). More at be. Doublet of futur. Displaced native Old English tōweard, which took on a different meaning as toward, and Middle English afterhede (“future”, literally “afterhood”) in the given sense.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
4 recorded generations before English.
Deepest traced root
2nd
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
14.2%
of traced words share this origin (11,554)
How it is built
Same root, FUTURE · 11 relatives in the game
Its etymology also names Old English.
Every Proto-Indo-European word → · The Word DNA of OUTLIER →
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FUTURE in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 19 boards so far. 32 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 10, 30 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 149, 16 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First found by a player on Day 10, 30 May 2026.
Built from these letters
FUTURE starts with F and ends with E. Sorted, its letters read EFRTUU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. U appears more than once.
Words that start FUTURE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 10
Could you have found FUTURE?
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