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FECKLESS
Definition of FECKLESS
adjective
Lacking purpose.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Where it comes from
From Scots feckless, variant of Scots fectless (“ineffectual”) (an aphetic variant of effectless), equivalent to effect + -less.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
Line of descent
- Scots
- English
One recorded step before English.
Deepest traced root
24th
of 59 source languages in OUTLIER
0.4%
of traced words share this origin (343)
branch · 22.6% of traced words
How it is built
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FECKLESS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 1 board so far. 108 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 153, 20 October 2026. Nobody has seen it on a board for 13 days.
First ever to find it
on Day 153, 20 October 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FECKLESS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEEFKLSS - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. E and S appear more than once, including a double letter.
Words that start FECKLE
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Could you have found FECKLESS?
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 153 - and most players walked straight past it.
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