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AWFUL
Definition of AWFUL
adjective
Very bad.
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Where it comes from
From Middle English agheful, awfull, auful, aȝefull, equivalent to awe + -ful. Compare Old English eġeful, eġefull (“terrifying; awful”). The “very bad” sense is a pejorative semantic shift from the original sense of “awe-inspiring”.
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.
AWFUL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 15 boards so far. 19 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 9, 29 May 2026. The most recent board was Day 102, 30 August 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First found by a player on Day 9, 29 May 2026.
Built from these letters
AWFUL starts with A and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read AFLUW - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. No letter is used twice, which makes it an isogram.
Words that start AWFUL
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 9
Could you have found AWFUL?
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 9 - and most players walked straight past it.
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