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DEBATEFUL
Definition of DEBATEFUL
adjective
Contentious, argumentative, full of strife.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From debate + -ful.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, DEBATE · 5 relatives in the game
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
DEBATEFUL in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far.
It first turned up on Day 103, 31 August 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 64 days.
Built from these letters
DEBATEFUL starts with D and ends with L. Sorted, its letters read ABDEEFLTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E appears more than once.
Words that start DEBATE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
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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 103 - and most players walked straight past it.
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