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ARTFUL
Definition of ARTFUL
adjective
Characterized by, or performed with, cleverness or contrivance; clever, ingenious.
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Where it comes from
From art (“skill that is attained by study, practice, or observation”) + -ful (suffix forming adjectives from nouns, with the sense of being full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing the quality expressed by the noun).
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
ARTFUL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 8 boards so far.
It first turned up on Day 19, 8 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 100, 28 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.
First found by a player on Day 19, 8 June 2026.
Built from these letters
ARTFUL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AFLRTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start ARTFUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 19
Could you have found ARTFUL?
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 19 - and most players walked straight past it.
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