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COLORFUL

/ˈkʌl.ə.fl̩/8 letters

Definition of COLORFUL

adjective

Possessing prominent and varied colors.

Wiktionary · CC BY-SA

Where it comes from

From color + -ful.

Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).

Rarity score
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Revealed only in play
Tier
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OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.

COLORFUL in OUTLIER

Players have found it on 2 boards so far. 16 players have found it across Outlier's history.

Day 1Day 120
Its 2 boards, across 120 finished boards · taller bars are busier boards
2
Boards found on
110
First board
118
Latest board
8
Longest gap, days

It first turned up on Day 110, 7 September 2026. The most recent board was Day 118, 15 September 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 2 days.

First ever to find it

aer1470

on Day 110, 7 September 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers

Built from these letters

COLORFUL
8
Letters
3
Vowels
5
Consonants
6
Different letters
2
Longest consonant run
1
Longest vowel run

COLORFUL starts with C and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read CFLLOORU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. O and L appear more than once.

Words that start COLORF

Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.

COLORFASTCOLORFULLYCOLORFULNESSCOLORFASTNESSCOLORFULNESSESCOLORFASTNESSES

Could you have found COLORFUL?

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 110 - and most players walked straight past it.

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