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FELICITOUS
Definition of FELICITOUS
adjective
Characterized by felicity.
Wiktionary · CC BY-SA
Other senses
FELICITOUS carries 4 further meanings.
adjective
Admirably suited; apt.
“a felicitous comparison.”
adjective
Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style.
“a felicitous writer.”
adjective
Marked by happiness or good fortune.
“a felicitous life.”
Characterized by or conferring happiness or pleasure; highly pleasing.
Where it comes from
From felicity + -ous.
Etymology via Wiktionary (CC BY-SA).
Word DNA
How it is built
Same root, FELICITY · 1 relative in the game
FELICITOUS in a sentence
“Instead, he rendered felicitas as "felicitee" which was already available, and he coined a felicitous new word for beatitudo: "wellfulness."”
Philip Reynolds: The Biblical Definitions Of The Pursuit Of Happiness, 2010
OUTLIER scores every word on how unusual it is, and that number is not published. Working it out at the board is the game.
FELICITOUS in OUTLIER
Players have found it on 62 boards so far. 394 players have found it across Outlier's history.
It first turned up on Day 15, 4 June 2026. The most recent board was Day 164, 31 October 2026. It was on the latest finished board.
First ever to find it
on Day 15, 4 June 2026 - before anyone else in Outlier's history. See the Pioneers
Built from these letters
FELICITOUS starts with F and ends with S. Sorted, its letters read CEFIILOSTU - the shape to hunt for when the grid is scrambled. I appears more than once.
Words that mean much the same
Near-synonyms of FELICITOUS. Not interchangeable at the board - the grid decides that - but close in meaning.
Words that start FELICI
Its neighbours in the OUTLIER dictionary - shortest first.
Also seen on Day 15
Could you have found FELICITOUS?
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 15 - and most players walked straight past it.
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