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PREFORMS

8 letters

Definition of PREFORMS

noun

plural of preform

PREFORM

noun

An object that has undergone preliminary shaping but is not yet in its final form.

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Word DNA

PREFORMS inherits its ancestry from its root, PREFORM.

How it is built

nouncompoundpre-

Same root, PREFORM · 1 relative in the game

The Word DNA of OUTLIER →

Rarity score
Withheld
Revealed only in play
Tier
Withheld
Find it yourself

OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

PREFORMS in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 1 board so far.

Day 1Day 168
Its one board, across 168 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
1
Boards found on
155
First board
13
Days since seen

It first turned up on Day 155, 22 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.

First ever to find it

dariajz10

on Day 155, 22 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

PREFORMS
8
Letters
2
Vowels
6
Consonants
7
Different letters
3
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

PREFORMS starts with P and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read EFMOPRRS - 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 PREFOR

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

PREFORMPREFORMATPREFORMEDPREFORMATSPREFORMINGPREFORMATIONPREFORMATTEDPREFORMULATEPREFORMATIONSPREFORMATTINGPREFORMULATEDPREFORMULATES

Could you have found PREFORMS?

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 155 - and most players walked straight past it.

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